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Biobased Chemicals

Manus gets funds to develop the antimalarial artemisinin

by Michael McCoy
September 9, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 32

 

The structure of artemisinin.

Manus Bio has received a fourth award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a biobased route to the antimalarial drug artemisinin. The industrial biotech firm says the $2 million award will help it scale up its process for a key intermediate, dihydroartemisinic acid. Artemisinin is now extracted from sweet wormwood, but availability of the plant is subject to the vagaries of farming, Manus says.

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