Bayer’s LifeNet? mosquito nets receive interim recommendation from WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an interim recommendation for Bayer CropScience’s new LifeNet® mosquito nets for malaria prevention and control. This is an important milestone on the road to the worldwide product launch which is scheduled to take place before the end of 2011.

LifeNet® is the first innovation in this field for more than a decade: deltamethrin, the active ingredient recommended by the WHO, has been directly integrated into a polypropylene fiber for the first time. It is then gradually released, continuously exerting its insecticidal action. Thanks to the soft but very tear-resistant polypropylene fibers, the mosquito nets are longer-lasting, user-friendly and thereby ensure sustainable long-term protection.

“The interim recommendation from the Pesticide Evaluation Scheme of the WHO (WHOPES) now makes it possible for us to offer national and international malaria control programs a new tool in the battle against malaria,” explains Dr. Gunnar Riemann, Head of the Environmental Science Division at Bayer CropScience. “We are convinced that LifeNet® will help public health authorities and aid organizations around the world achieve sustained success in the battle against malaria.”

Bayer CropScience looks back on more than 50 years of experience in the field of vector control. With the forthcoming market launch of LifeNet®, the company will now be in the position to offer a complete portfolio for integrated vector management.