LSHTM joins Pfizer and Medicines for Malaria in the fight to prevent malaria in pregnant women

Pfizer Inc. and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have entered into an agreement for the development, access and delivery of a fixed-dose combination treatment consisting of azithromycin dihydrate (AZ) and chloroquine phosphate (CQ) for the Intermittent Preventive Treatment of P. falciparum malaria in pregnancy (IPTp).