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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

This was notoriously reflected in the 2020 arrest of a Japanese man and woman for speaking positively about using cannabis in social media posts. In 2019, Japan approved clinical trials for Epidiolox — a cannabis derived medicine used to treat severe forms of childhood epilepsy such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes.

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Breaking the Stigma: Shifting Attitudes Toward Medical Marijuana Nationwide

MMJ Recs

Medical marijuana, once a controversial and stigmatized topic, has undergone a remarkable transformation in the eyes of the American public. Studies have shown the efficacy of medical cannabis in treating conditions such as chronic pain, epilepsy, and certain mental health disorders.

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Virpax Announces Clinical Trial Site in Canada for First in Human Study of Epoladerm™ for Pain Associated with Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Cannabis Law Report

(“Virpax” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VRPX), a company specializing in developing product candidates for pain management, CNS disorders and anti-viral indications, signed a clinical trial agreement with Altasciences Company, Inc., Media: Laura Radocaj. For more information, please visit www.virpaxpharma.com. About Altasciences.

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CBD Market Report

Project CBD

5 In June 2018, the FDA approved Epidiolex® (GW Pharmaceuticals; Cambridge, UK), the first FDA-approved pharmaceutical drug to contain a “purified drug substance [CBD] derived from marijuana,” for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare epilepsy disorders. Available at: www.fda.gov/media/131878/download. Epilepsy Behav.

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Virpax Reports Successful Results of Toxicology and Pharmacokinetic Study for Epoladerm™

Cannabis Law Report

Charles River Laboratories, a renowned CRO engaged by Virpax to perform Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required pre-clinical studies, has completed a single dose pharmacokinetic study of dermal administration of Epoladerm in minipigs as part of the required Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) enabling trials.

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Virpax Pharmaceuticals Recaps Milestones and Highlights Product Portfolio

Cannabis Law Report

We added VRP324 which is an intranasally delivered cannabidiol (‘CBD’) formulation for the management of epilepsy in adults and children. Epoladerm™ Epoladerm is a diclofenac topical spray film product candidate that is being developed for pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee. to conduct this study in Canada.

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Virpax Advances Envelta™ Development with NCATS Under CRADA Agreement

Cannabis Law Report

Epoladerm™ is a topical diclofenac spray film formulation being developed to manage osteoarthritis pain. Virpax recently acquired global rights to VRP324, a product candidate for the nasal delivery of a pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol (CBD) for the management of epilepsy in children (a rare pediatric disease) and adults.