MALARIA DRUG DESIGN ON A DIME.

Reports on the design completion by a public-private partnership of a synthetic ozonide compound with antimalarial properties. Claim of the drug's cost effectiveness as an alternative to other malaria drugs; Use of the chemical artemisinin extracted from the bark of the wormwood tree; Limitations of plant-based extracts as drug materials due to the poor synthesis of analogs; Design of the endoperoxide-containing OZ277 ozide drug to overcome limitations.