Cannabis-Like Drug From E-Therapeutics Tested in Cancer
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Researchers will begin testing an experimental drug made from chemicals like those in cannabis on cancer patients at two U.K. hospitals, and they expect findings next year on whether the product is safe.
Cancer Research UK and a U.K. National Institute for Health Research agency will carry out the trial of dexanabinol, a product made by e-Therapeutics Plc, in 45 patients with solid tumors at hospitals in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Leeds, England, the Newcastle-based biotechnology company said today in a statement. E-Therapeutics is funding the research, it said.