Tafenoquine

Tafenoquine is an 8-aminoquinoline analogue of primaquine which varies only on the presence of a 5-phenoxy group. It was discovered by the scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1978 as a substitute for primaquine that would be more effective against relapsing vivax malaria. Tafenoquine was further developed collaboratively between GlaxoSmithKline and Medicines for Malaria Venture. It was FDA approved on July 20, 2018.

Tafenoquine is an 8-aminoquinoline analogue of primaquine which varies only on the presence of a 5-phenoxy group. It was discovered by the scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1978 as a substitute for primaquine that would be more effective against relapsing vivax malaria. Tafenoquine was further developed collaboratively between GlaxoSmithKline and Medicines for Malaria Venture. It was FDA approved on July 20, 2018.

用于16岁及以上疟疾患者，根治(预防复发)由间日疟原虫(P.vivax)导致的疟疾。

• Malaria caused by plasmodium vivax