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Biotech Rockets After Cannabis Drug Gets Lowest DEA Restriction
• ALLISON GATLIN
• 10:56 AM ET
GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPH) stock is flying Thursday after the Drug Enforcement Agency lifted the last hurdle preventing the biotech company from commercializing its cannabis drug, a seizure treatment.
In morning trading on the stock market today, GW stock jumped 9%, near 177.70, in high volume. Shares of biotech companies broadly rose a fraction.
The DEA decision moved GW's drug Epidiolex to a Schedule 5 drug. Under the DEA Schedule, a Schedule 5 drug is considered to have a lower potential for abuse. Marijuana and cannabis are still Schedule 1 drugs, which have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Now, Chief Executive Justin Gover says GW expects to make Epidiolex available within the next six weeks . Epidiolex is a seizure treatment for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. It's the first cannabis drug that comes entirely from the plant to get Food and Drug Administration approval.
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