News - Research & development

MMV creates the Open Source Drug Discovery Programme

22 March 2012

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is seeking proposals for new approaches for the interrogation of antimalarial compounds

22 March 2012

Prof. Kelly Chibale has received two awards for his outstanding contributions to scientific research in South Africa for South Africans

15 March 2012

Pioneering MMV research published in PLoS Medicine compares the activity of antimalarial medicines at every step of the parasite’s lifecycle

21 February 2012

This new antimalarial is indicated for P. falciparum and blood stage P. vivax malaria

20 February 2012

If so, we want to hear about it and could offer you an MMV Challenge Grant to turn that idea into reality

12 January 2012

Prof. Brian Greenwood is bestowed the title ‘Knights Bachelor’ by HRH Queen Elizabeth for his services to malaria research in Africa

03 January 2012

Carefully selected by experienced chemists these free compounds are set to propel malaria drug discovery to the next level

19 December 2011

This fixed-dose combination of dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine is administered once a day for 3 days

30 November 2011

Novartis and MMV have identified a new class of compounds that targets both the blood- and liver-stage infections of malaria

17 November 2011