February 15, 2018 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc Clinicians Who Prescribe Cannabis Should ‘Start Low and Go Slow,’ Study Advises Use of medicinal cannabis may pose risks as it may trigger psychiatric problems, but also because it lacks standardized chemical composition, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. With the legalization of cannabis in some states for medicinal and recreational proposes, additional pressure…
November 21, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Oral Cannabidiol, PTL101, Meets Goals of Phase 1 Study as Possible Spasticity Treatment Results of aĀ Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers show thatĀ PTL101, an oral cannabidiol compound, is a safe and effectively delivered potential treatment ofĀ spasticity inĀ multiple sclerosis (MS)Ā and for conditions like epilepsy,Ā Harvest One CannabisĀ announced. These findings were published in the journalĀ Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development, in the study…
August 17, 2017 Columns by Ed Tobias Is Medical Marijuana Right for My MS? The state where I live has legalized medical marijuana (MMJ) and it’s getting ready to open state-licensed marijuana dispensaries. So, I’ve been thinking about using MMJ to treat some of my MS symptoms. How can MMJ help MS patients? A 2012 study by researchers at the University…
June 20, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD AXIM Obtains More Financing for Its Cannabinoid Therapies for MS and Bowel Diseases AXIM BiotechnologiesĀ has secured an additional $4 million in institutional financing to advance clinical trials of itsĀ cannabinoid therapies forĀ multiple sclerosis (MS) andĀ irritable bowel syndrome. Some of the trials involve a chewing-gum therapy delivery system.Ā The financing will let the company continue developing a patented chewing-gum-delivered therapy for pain andĀ spasticity. AXIM…
February 16, 2017 News by Joana Fernandes, PhD Researchers Test Medical Cannabis as Treatment for MS-Linked Neuropathic Pain Canadian researchers are testing mice to see if cannabinoid oil products ā a common medical marijuana treatment ā could help alleviate the neuropathic painĀ thatĀ often afflictsĀ patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The preclinical study, āIdentifying the molecular mechanisms involved in supressing multiple sclerosis induced neuropathic pain following cannabinoid treatment in…
August 16, 2016 News by Charles Moore Earth Life Sciences Acquiring Maker of Medicinal Cannabis Oil Treatments for MS Earth Life SciencesĀ (ELS), aĀ venture capital and management firm based in Quebec, announced that it is partnering with a cannabis oil-based nutraceutical company, with an agreement in place to acquire that company and establish a new division. The resulting entity will beĀ an organic medical marijuana oils (CBD) producer that willĀ develop products…
September 16, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Aphios Awarded Grant for Cannabinoid Production To Develop Therapeutic Agent for MS Aphios Corporation, a green biotechnology company based inĀ Massachusetts that uses environmentally sustainable technologies, recently announced it was awarded the Phase II portion of a Fast Track SBIR grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the production of cannabidiol (CBD) from marijuana.
May 29, 2015 News by Charles Moore Compassionate Care Center of New York Applies For for Medical Marijuana Production License Compassionate Care Center of New York (CCCNY), based in Newark, Wayne County, is applying to become one of five registered commercial suppliers that will be licensed in New York State to grow medical marijuana. Licensed suppliers will serve the condition-specific palliative needs of qualifying patients with safe and accessible…