Principal diseases targeted

  • Fasciola hepatica – based on single dose oxfendazole efficacy in sheep. Good systemic drug concentrations required
  • Taenia solium cysticercosis – positive data in pigs for oxfendazole efficacy against cystsTumbes marzo 2010 175
  • Echinococcus granulosus – positive data for oxfendazole efficacy in infected sheep, but duration of treatment likely to be long
  • STH, especially Trichuris – excellent single dose efficacy for oxfendazole against animal parasites that are analogues of  human STH