GW Succeeding With Cannabinoid Drug This Time Around

Drug candidates targeting the cannabinoid receptors have a spotty past, so GW's successful Phase III data in pediatric epilepsy meets with great investor enthusiasm.

A little more than a year past disappointing Phase III results from a cannabinoid receptor-targeted drug for cancer pain, GW Pharmaceuticals PLC is basking in investor enthusiasm for positive Phase III results with a different candidate in the class being tested in the orphan disease Dravet syndrome.

The London-headquartered biotech announced March 14 that Epidiolex (cannabidiol) produced a statistically significant reduction in convulsive seizures suffered by patients with Dravet, a pediatric-onset form of epilepsy

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