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This Marijuana Stock Has Big News on Tap

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 08:10

Two trials have already demonstrated that marijuana medicine developer GW Pharmaceuticals PLC's (NASDAQ: GWPH) Epidiolex can reduce seizure rates in rare forms of epilepsy, but data that could confirm previous results and boost confidence in a potential FDA filing for Epidiolex next year is expected by the end of the quarter. If results from this trial in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome patients echo findings from its prior study, then GW Pharmaceuticals could soon be in a position to reshape how doctors treat this rare form of epilepsy.

Can cannabis cure epilepsy?

GW Pharmaceuticals' Epidiolex is a purified version of CBD, a non-psychoactive chemical cannabinoid found in marijuana. Earlier this year, trials in Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome patients showed it reduced monthly seizure frequency from baseline by 39% and 44%, respectively. In the Dravet syndrome study, patients given a placebo saw the number of monthly seizures decline by 11%, while placebo patients in...

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