MMV is a leading product development partnership (PDP) in the field of antimalarial drug research and development. Its mission is to reduce the burden of malaria in disease-endemic countries by discovering, developing and facilitating delivery of new, effective and affordable antimalarial drugs.

Since its foundation in 1999, MMV has developed and brought to registration four new medicines with its partners: Pyramax® [1], (pyronaridine-artesunate) co-developed with Shin Poong; Eurartesim® [2] (dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine) with Sigma-Tau; Guilin’s artesunate injection [3] for the treatment of severe malaria, Artesun®; and Coartem® Dispersible [4] (artemether-lumefantrine), a child-friendly formulation developed with Novartis. Since 2009, 171 million courses of Coartem Dispersible treatment have been supplied to more than 30 malaria-endemic countries.

Managing the largest portfolio [5] of antimalarial R&D projects ever assembled, of over 65 projects, MMV has seven new drugs in clinical development addressing unmet medical needs in malaria, including medicines for children, pregnant women and relapsing malaria, and drugs that could support the elimination/eradication agenda. MMV’s success in research and access & product management comes from its extensive partnership network [6] of over 300 pharmaceutical, academic and endemic-country partners in 50 countries.

MMV’s vision is a world in which innovative medicines will cure and protect the vulnerable and under-served populations at risk of malaria, and ultimately help to eradicate this terrible disease.

For further information please contact:

Jaya Banerji [7]
Director, Advocacy & Communications

Tel: +41 22 799 4071
Mob: +41 79 707 7181
email: banerjij [at] mmv [dot] org