Pharmaceutical innovation and advancement of Clinical therapy and public health:enlightenment from artemisinin development

摘要

The discovery of artemisinin is significant because not only it is an innovative new drug,but also its treatment of malaria has saved millions of lives worldwide,especially in(tropical)developing countries.The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Professor Tu You-You,a scientist from China,who made this seminal discovery.Malaria is one of the most prevalent