Table 2.

IMRA’s main partnerships and collaborations

Partner name	Country	Nature of collaboration
Ministry of Health	Madagascar	Collaboration on regulatory affairs. The Ministry awards IMRA a contract to sell its products to local hospitals.
Sanofi-Aventis (pharmaceutical company)	France	Provides equipment and materials for labs at IMRA, and funding. Laboratory and pre-clinical tests (e.g. structure elucidation of biomolecules). Technology transfer from Paris to Madagascar.
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research)	France	Work on a bioprospecting project to bring biological extracts and natural products into drug development. Scientific training of IMRA researchers.
University of Belgium	Belgium	Laboratory and pre-clinical tests. Scientific training of researchers. Funding and equipment.
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"	Italy	Phytochemical work on Madagascar plants.
Bayer (pharmaceutical company)	Germany	Assistance to IMRA with exports. Technical expertise.
NAPRECA (National Product Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa)	Regional	NAPRECA is a regional consortium that aims to stimulate the development of natural products research in Africa by coordinating such efforts.
RITAM (Research Initiative on Traditional Anti-malarial Methods)	Global	RITAM is an international consortium of researchers working on traditional medicines for malaria.
WHO (World Health Organization)	Global	Work on a project to screen for medicinal plants to treat malaria.