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Table I.
Important dates in the history of artemisinin.
| Date | Actors | Action |
|---|---|---|
| circa 0000 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors | Empirical usage of wormwood for fevers |
| 23/05/1967 | Chinese government (Mao Tse-toung?) | Launch of the 523 malaria research programme |
| 1971 | AMMS*; Shangaï Institute of Materia medica | Isolation of artemisinin from wormwood |
| 1972–75 | AMMS*; Shangaï Institute of Materia medica | Synthesis of artemether, artesunate and DHA |
| 1980’s | Wellcome Trust | Information to the world |
| 1989 | Rhone-Poulenc Rorer | Paluther (IM artemether) |
| 1992 | Novartis | Coartem (artemether – lumefantrine) |
| 2006 | WHO | ACT recommended as first line treatment |
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