CannabIP: FDA Approves First Drug with CBD Active Ingredient

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On June 25, 2018, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release in which it approved EPIDIOLEX® for treatment of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and Dravet syndrome.  Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is specific type of epilepsy characterized by multiple seizures and affects intellectual development in children.  Dravet syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy, a …

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CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 9,889,100 B2

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U.S. Patent No. 9,889,100 B2 issued on February 13, 2018, for “Cannabidiol for Treatment of Severe and Refractory Graft-Versus-Host Disease.”  The inventor is Moshe Yeshurun, and the applicant/assignee is Mor Research Applications Ltd., of Tel Aviv, Israel.  Mor Research is the patenting and licensing division of Clalit Health Services, the largest of four state-mandated HMOs …

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