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The deferred promise of radical cure: pharmaceutical conjugations of malaria in the global health era

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This paper explores the changing political economy of malaria drug discovery by tracing the career over the last four decades of a single molecule, tafenoquine. First identified as a promising antimalarial by the US Army in the 1970s, tafenoquine has recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the radical cure of vivax malaria – the first product to receive marketing authorization for this indication in more than 65 years. The new drug is the result of a collaboration betwe...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1080/03085147.2018.1528075

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
Journal:
Economy and Society Journal website
Volume:
47
Issue:
4
Pages:
547-571
Publication date:
2018-11-27
Acceptance date:
2018-09-12
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EISSN:
1469-5766
ISSN:
0308-5147
Language:
English
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pubs:918931
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uuid:0b45bb5f-be7b-41bf-8146-9eed1ebd160a
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pubs:918931
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918931
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2018-09-12

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