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Tuesday
NEW MS MED IN EUROPE: "Sativex, the cannabis-derived product could be finally set for approval after a delay of around two years.
: UK regulator, the MHRA, rejected the drug in December 2004, calling for a second clinical trial to prove its efficacy, which the company has now conducted, and which, it believes, proves that Sativex works. The company is seeking to treat multiple sclerosis spasticity, but hopes to eventually gain licences to treat peripheral neuropathic pain, MS neuropathic pain and cancer pain as well. GW Pharmaceuticals has filed Sativex for approval through the decentralised procedure for licences in just four European countries, the UK, Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands......" |