artesunate
Noun
Meaning
artesunate (countable and uncountable, plural artesunates)
(pharmacology) A drug, of the artemisinin group, used to treat malaria.
Examples
MSF also introduced a switching of first-line treatment to a combination therapy (Artesunate and Mefloquine) to combat resistance and fatality of old drugs that were used to treat the disease traditionally.