The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
| Level | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents | |
| 2 | P01 | Antiprotozoals | |
| 3 | P01B | Antimalarials | |
| 4 | P01BA | Aminoquinolines | |
| 5 | P01BA07 |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Tafenoquine |
Tafenoquine is an 8-aminoquinoline antimalarial drug. It is used for the radical cure (prevention of relapse) of Plasmodium vivax malaria in patients aged 16 years and older who are receiving chloroquine therapy for acute P. vivax infection. |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
