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NHS To Launch Its First Evidence-Based Cannabis Patient Data Registry This Week – Cannabis Business Executive

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THE UK’s first National Health Service patients registry will start collating data from Thursday this week in a significant move for medical cannabis in the country. However, with the database not yet available to the nation’s private clinics there are concerns over the quality and volume of data it will garner.

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Cannabinoids for Tinnitus?

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While animal studies have revealed that cannabinoid receptors likely have a role in modulating auditory signaling, there is no compelling data either from animal or human studies for the use of cannabinoids to alleviate tinnitus.” While the collective evidence to date is mixed and inconclusive, it’s also incomplete. And its conclusion?

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Report: Efficacy and safety of medical cannabinoids in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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This trend is also observed in the pediatric population, where MCs are authorized in children for refractory epilepsy, especially in Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome 2. A systematic review published in 2017 aimed to identify available data about the therapeutic effect of cannabinoids treatment in children and adolescents.

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How Cannabis Research is Affecting Parkinson’s Disease

The Joint Blog

Numerous trials have been run using medical marijuana and CBD tinctures to treat or reduce the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. This is not the first medicinal trial of its kind. Cannabis and CBD oils have often been used to reduce the effects of epilepsy and several other neurological issues, so why not Parkinson’s?

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Veriheal’s Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship 2020 Winners

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Essay Summary: Nishtha wants to further research into THC treatment for patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy , both of which cause neuron death. Essay: “Crowdsourcing User Experience Data for a Targeted Medical Cannabis Journey with Cannamunity” . School: Tufts University.

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Not-very-NICE: UK Cannabis Policy and Harm to Patients

CannaTech

Last week NICE released the first draft of their evidence-based guidelines, concluding it could not recommend CBMPs for routine use because of high cost and a dearth of clinical trial evidence. Furthermore, pharmaceutical companies often fund and initiate randomised clinical trials to validate their drugs.

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Jones Day: The life sciences regulatory regime in Australia

Cannabis Law Report

One such circumstance is a clinical trial. A clinical trial in Australia must have an Australian sponsor (whether it be an individual (e.g., Two of the avenues for supply of UTGs for clinical trials are the Clinical Trial Exemption (CTX) Scheme and the Clinical Trial Notification (CTN) Scheme.