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Army testing new malaria drug for deployed troops

A new drug developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, called Tafenoquine, has the potential to eradicate malaria. It recently received approval fr...

October 15, 2018 10:19 am
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A new drug developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, called Tafenoquine, has the potential to eradicate malaria. It recently received approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Now the Army is testing how it protects deployed troops. To learn more, Federal News Network’s Eric White spoke with Maj. Victor Zottig, product manager for Tafenoquine at the Army’s Medical Materiel Development Activity, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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