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Medical marijuana has been used to treat epilepsy in patients for years, but so far, it's efficacy and safety hasn't been supported by a regulatory green light from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Based on recently reported results for Epidiolex, a cannabidiol epilepsy medicine, that...

The focus Tuesday night was on the patients at a medical cannabis symposium hosted by the Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association. "Our goal as an association is to connect patients, who are suffering with medical cannabis that will help their ailments," says Storm Nolan, ACIA President...

British Sugar — a subsidiary of Associated British Foods — has signed a deal to grow cannabis plants for GW Pharmaceuticals. The marijuana plants — which are of a non-psychoactive variety — are for use in GW's experimental childhood epilepsy treatment called Epidiolex. The drug is derived...

British biotech company GW Pharmaceuticals announced positive results on its latest Phase 3 clinical trial for its drug Epidiolex. The drug is cannabidiol-based and is used to treat children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare form of childhood epilepsy. The results from the test were very...

British biotech company GW Pharmaceuticals announced positive results on its latest Phase 3 clinical trial for its drug Epidiolex. The drug is cannabidiol-based and is used to treat children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare form of childhood epilepsy. The results from the test were very...

Wall Street's strait-laced Republican bankers may have strong personal views on the legalisation of cannabis, but they seem to have no qualms about cashing in on America's marijuana revolution. GW Pharmaceuticals, London's own play on the increasing use of weed for medicinal purposes, has...

Wall Street's strait-laced Republican bankers may have strong personal views on the legalisation of cannabis, but they seem to have no qualms about cashing in on America's marijuana revolution. GW Pharmaceuticals, London's own play on the increasing use of weed for medicinal purposes, has...

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An oil derived from marijuana plants proved effective in a rare form of epilepsy that afflicts 30,000 Americans, its maker said this morning. GW Pharmaceuticals, a London-based company, is developing a drug called Epidiolex, a pharmaceutical-grade form of cannabidiol (CBD), an oil found in...

An oil derived from marijuana plants proved effective in a rare form of epilepsy that afflicts 30,000 Americans, its maker said this morning. GW Pharmaceuticals, a London-based company, is developing a drug called Epidiolex, a pharmaceutical-grade form of cannabidiol (CBD), an oil found in...

MGC Pharmaceuticals will grow cannabis in Australia as part of its plan for the medicinal cannabis market. Releasing a five-point plan for the local market, the company says it is working on applying for a growing license from relevant state departments A short time ago, its shares were up...

Children afflicted with Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, have been effectively treated with a cannabis-based drug, Epidiolex, containing cannabinoids, the GW Pharmaceuticals announced Monday. Investors snapped up shares of the little-known firm, effectively doubling the company's market...