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'''Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate''' (abbreviated '''CDA''') is a new antimalarial treatment that entered Phase III clinical trials in 2006. It is being compared against artemether-lumefantrine ([[Coartem]]®) and against chlorproguanil-dapsone [[Lapdap]]™. This drug is being developed in collaboration between [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[UNICEF]], the [[World Bank Group|World Bank]], [[Medicines for Malaria Venture]] and the [[World Health Organisation|WHO]] [[Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases]] (WHO/TDR), the [[Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine]], and the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]].<ref>{{cite journal | journal=Lancet Infect Dis | year=2006 | volume=6 | issue=9 | pages=551 | author=Das P | title=Promising anti-malarial enters phase II studies. }}</ref>
'''Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate''' (abbreviated '''CDA''') is a new antimalarial treatment that entered Phase III clinical trials in 2006. It is being compared against artemether-lumefantrine ([[Coartem]]®) and against chlorproguanil-dapsone [[Lapdap]]™. This drug is being developed in collaboration between [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[UNICEF]], the [[World Bank Group|World Bank]], [[Medicines for Malaria Venture]] and the [[World Health Organisation|WHO]] [[Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases]] (WHO/TDR), the [[Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine]], and the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]].<ref>{{cite journal | journal=Lancet Infect Dis | year=2006 | volume=6 | issue=9 | pages=551 | author=Das P | title=Promising anti-malarial enters phase II studies. }}</ref>

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Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate (abbreviated CDA) is a new antimalarial treatment that entered Phase III clinical trials in 2006. It is being compared against artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) and against chlorproguanil-dapsone Lapdap™. This drug is being developed in collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline, UNICEF, the World Bank, Medicines for Malaria Venture and the WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (WHO/TDR), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.[1]

References

  1. ^ Das P (2006). "Promising anti-malarial enters phase II studies". Lancet Infect Dis. 6 (9): 551.