From: Repositioning: the fast track to new anti-malarial medicines?
Number of compounds | Source | In vitro testing by: | In vitro testing method | No. hits (%) | No. tested in vivo* |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
~3,800 | • 800 FDA-approved drugs (2008) | SJCRH | • SYBR® I dye DNA staining assay | 24 (0.6) | 1 |
• 2,700 bio-actives (Prestwick, Sigma-Lopac, and MSD) |  | • P. falciparum 3D7 and K1 |  |  | |
• 296 FDA-approved drugs (2009) |  |  |  |  | |
• 47 ‘anti-proliferative’ compounds |  |  |  |  | |
63 | GSK discontinued clinical candidates | GSK | • Whole-cell [3H] hypoxanthine radioisotope incorporation | 4 (6.4) | 0 |
• P. falciparum 3D7A |  |  | |||
176 | Pfizer STLAR library of discontinued clinical candidates | Discovery biology | • HTS screen using DAPI DNA imaging assay with P. falciparum 3D7 and Dd2 | 5 (2.8) | 1 |
 | Pfizer | • EC50 determined using SYBR® I dye DNA staining assay with P. falciparum 3D7 and K1 |  |  | |
100 | AstraZeneca discontinued clinical candidates | AstraZeneca | • SYBR® I dye DNA staining assay | 6 (6.0) | 2 |
• P. falciparum NF54 |  |  |