Drug-Resistant Malaria Emerging in Africa: Researchers

Drug-resistant malaria may be emerging in Africa, according to a study that suggests the most powerful drugs against the disease are losing potency on the continent most affected by it.

Genetic mutations in the parasite that causes malaria are starting to make the bug resistant to artemether, the key ingredient in Novartis AG’s Coartem, researchers at the University of London wrote in the Malaria Journal today.