Innovative Biotechnology Companies are Transforming Cannabis-based Medical Products - Seite 2

A company that has developed a game-changing technology to bridge the best of both the natural and the synthetic manufacturing benefits is InMed Pharmaceuticals (CSE: IN) (OTCQB: IMLFF). Using an E. coli-based expression system, InMed has taken the lead by developing a biosynthesis process that uses cannabinoid DNA to create, in a controlled laboratory setting, compounds that are identical to those found in nature.

The company is the world's first known company to utilize this biosynthesis manufacturing technique to create a biosynthetic cannabinoid for the treatment of glaucoma. Using this cannabinoid, InMed has formulated a hydrogel as a drug delivery mechanism for the eye condition. Normally, eyedrops are used to treat glaucoma through several applications a day. Conversely, the company's medicated hydrogel forms a film over the eye and only needs to be applied once, at bedtime, to stay in place all night. InMed's pharmaceutical-grade biosynthetic cannabinoids are identical to those found in nature and are more than 95% pure. They contain none of the mind-altering chemical in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and are therefore free of any psychoactive properties.

Announcing a study co-sponsored by the University of British Columbia, InMed earlier this week achieved another industry first. The InMed-UBC study (http://nnw.fm/g3MWq) is the first ever to report hydrogel-mediated cannabinoid nanoparticle delivery to the eye resulting in enhanced drug uptake via the cornea and lens.

"Importantly, this study offers further validation of InMed's capabilities in moving the science of cannabinoid pharmaceuticals forward," InMed president and CEO Eric A. Adams stated in a press release. "Results like this, combined with our expanding patent portfolio and list of publications, on-going R&D, and renowned scientific team and collaborators demonstrates our depth of know-how and supports our trajectory to becoming an industry leader." The breakthrough that this achievement represents positions biosynthesis as the technology of the future for cannabinoid production across the board.

Companies, like InMed, that use biosynthesis for cannabinoid production can produce all of the active ingredients needed for their drugs in-house, eliminating the huge expenses of cannabis growing facilities and addressing other concerns. By eliminating the need for fertilizers and pesticides used in agriculture-based processing, biosynthesis is also a more eco-friendly and less harmful production methodology.