SAN FRANCISCO & EMERYVILLE, Calif. & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute for OneWorld Health (iOWH), the U.S.-based nonprofit pharmaceutical company, together with synthetic biology innovator Amyris Biotechnologies, and leading pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis, today announced they have entered into an agreement for the development of semisynthetic artemisinin, a key ingredient in first-line malaria treatments. This partnership will build on technology originated by Professor Jay Keasling at the University of California, Berkeley.
