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Technology and manufacturing company

Vestergaard

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Vestergaard manufactures PermaNet®, a portfolio of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets used to prevent malaria, including PermaNet 2.0 (its original pyrethroid-only net, launched in 2003), PermaNet 3.0 (a pyrethroid-PBO net designed to combat resistance, WHO Prequalified in 2018), and PermaNet Dual (its newest dual-active-ingredient net, WHO Prequalified in 2023). The company is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with R&D led from North Carolina. Its malaria-related products are commercially available (delivery stage).

7
Endemic countries
1
U.S. states
3
Products and programs
About

What they do

Vestergaard manufactures PermaNet®, a portfolio of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets used to prevent malaria, including PermaNet 2.0 (its original pyrethroid-only net, launched in 2003), PermaNet 3.0 (a pyrethroid-PBO net designed to combat resistance, WHO Prequalified in 2018), and PermaNet Dual (its newest dual-active-ingredient net, WHO Prequalified in 2023). The company is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with R&D led from North Carolina. Its malaria-related products are commercially available (delivery stage).

In the United States
  • NCResearch and development
Products and programs

In the field and in development

PermaNet® Dual (WHO Prequalified March 2023, following a January 2023 quality/safety/efficacy assessment; PQT/VC Ref: P-03228)
PermaNet® 3.0 (WHO Prequalified January 2018)
PermaNet® 2.0 (WHO Prequalified in 2017, converted from the WHOPES 2004 listing)
Where they work

Partnerships in 7 endemic countries

Product testingTraining and capacityManufacturing and supplyResearch
Benin
Africa
  • African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases · product development and research partner
  • Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques · product development and research partner
Ghana
Africa
  • Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) · established the Vestergaard-NMIMR Vector Labs (VNVL) in Accra, enabling new product prototype testing and quality assurance testing of commercial products supported by a high-capacity insectary of well-characterized susceptible and resistant Anopheles gambiae s.l. strains
Malawi
Africa
  • Malaria Alert Centre · product development and research partner
Nigeria
Africa
  • Nigerian Ministry of Health · Health Textiles Nigeria local manufacturing facility for PermaNet® Dual
Tanzania
Africa
  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College and Ifakara Health Institute · product development and research partners
Uganda
Africa
  • Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration · product development and research partner
U.S. partners

Who they work with in the United States

  • North Carolina State University
    Raleigh, NC
  • University of Connecticut
    Storrs, CT
  • University of Notre Dame
    Notre Dame, IN
    In the atlas
  • Penn State University
    University Park, PA
    In the atlas
  • University of Florida
    Gainesville, FL
    In the atlas
  • Cambrex
    East Rutherford, NJ · headquarters
  • Archroma U.S., Inc.
    Charlotte, NC · U.S. headquarters
  • Covestro LLC
    Pittsburgh, PA · U.S. headquarters
Sources

Where this comes from

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