ARTIMIST, page-6

Thanks for posting Auk, we have missed your research.

By the way, and from Auk's link, did anyone know that the following list of companies has the following number of pre-qualified malaria medicines (there's Guilin again kipp).

	Column 1	Column 2
0	ACE Pharmaceutical , Germany Count	2
1	Ajanta Pharma Ltd, India Count	8
2	Cipla Ltd, India Count	9
3	Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), Switzerland Count	2
4	Guilin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, China Count	11
5	Ipca Laboratories, India Count	4
6	Macleods Pharmaceuticals, India Count	1
7	Mylan Laboratories, India Count	2
8	Novartis Pharma, Switzerland Count	3
9	Sanofi, France Count	3
10	Shin Poong, Republic of Korea Count	2
11	Sigma-Tau I, Italy Count	2
12	Strides Shasun Ltd, India Count	2

And guess what, of these 51 only 2 have no storage limitations.

	Column 1	Column 2
0	Dosage form & strength	Storage condition
1	Do not store above 25°C, protect from moisture, protect from light Count	2
2	Do not store above 25°C. Do not freeze or refrigerate. Avoid excursions above 30°C Count	1
3	Do not store above 30°C Count	29
4	Do not store above 30°C, protect from light Count	12
5	Do not store above 30°C, protect from moisture Count	1
6	Do not store above 30°C, protect from moisture, protect from light Count	2
7	SRA accepted: Do not store above 30°C. Store in the original package in order to protect from light and moisture; WHO recommended: Do not store above 30°C. Store in the original package in order to protect from light and moisture. Avoid excursions over 3	2
8	Tablet, Film-coated 60mg/180mg	OK
9	Granules for Oral suspension 20mg/60mg	OK

This list doesn't include the latest RAS pre-qualification and to tell the truth we haven't seen any data demonstrating better shelf life from Artimist (except for Carter's spruiking of course and that don't count).

But if it were to be demonstrated scientifically, and be complete with error bars, that Artimist did have improved shelf life then that's a valuable characteristic