Swiss Pharma Nigeria Limited, Swipha, is now producing Fansidar, its popular brand of Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine, SP as Swidar at the same plant where Fansidar has been produced for over 35 years.

After 28 days of treatment, there were fewer cases of malaria among children taking a combination of the older sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (sold under the brand name Fansidar) and amodiaquine than ...

Lilongwe — The Malaria Programme Manager in the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Somanje has disclosed that the current regime using Fansidar in malaria patients is becoming less effective.

"In Burundi, 80 to 90 percent of malaria is resistant to chloroquine and a worrying 30 to 50 percent is resistant to Fansidar." Fansidar is currently the official second line of treatment in the ...

“I think there is a lot of promise in [lapdap] and I think it's going to be a stronger drug than Fansidar,” says Thomas Wellems, head of the malaria genetics section at the US National ...