Nicotine
Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (“Lexaria”) has formed the Lexaria Nicotine Corp. as its exclusive worldwide nicotine business unit. More than 89% of all nicotine that is consumed worldwide is delivered through smoking cigarettes. Approximately 6,000,000 deaths per year around the world are attributed primarily to the delivery of nicotine through the act of smoking according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of note: “…it is primarily the toxins and carcinogens in tobacco smoke – not the nicotine – that cause illness and death.” (U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE]). As many as 69% of U.S. adult smokers want to quit smoking and 43% of US adult smokers have attempted to quit in any twelve-month period. Lexaria postulates that delivery of nicotine to satisfy current demand, utilizing our patented DehydraTECH technology in common food and consumer product formats, could shift demand away from smoking cigarettes. However, ingestion of nicotine is challenging because it is poorly tolerated by the human gastrointestinal system and then significantly metabolized by the liver, thereby diminishing its overall effectiveness through edibles. Lexaria’s DehydraTECH technology offers a means to formulate ingestible product formats of nicotine and/or its analogs with higher bioavailability performance possibilities due to the benefits of our technology.
Pharmaceuticals
Lexaria is developing a patent suite with supporting intellectual property in the pharmaceutical sector that will supply significant long-term strategic growth potential. Lexaria Pharmaceutical Corp. is the 100%-owned subsidiary that has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to Lexaria’s patent portfolio related to pharmaceutical applications. Currently within this business unit resides the IP for Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatories (NSAIDs), Vitamins, hormone treatments utilizing estrogen or testosterone, phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE5). Additional molecules of interest could be added to this unit over time.
According to Statista.com, the US pharma industry alone spent over $71 billion in 2017 on R&
a larger R&D expenditure than the entire gross revenues of many other business sectors. Lexaria Pharmaceutical Corp. is implementing a strategy of reinforcing its IP-suite to sufficient degree to begin partnering within this dynamic industry.
HempCo
The Lexaria Hemp Co. holds exclusive global rights to the Lexaria patent portfolio related to hemp-based applications. Lexaria’s DehydraTECH technology is designed to deliver functional ingredients within hemp in oral product formats with significantly enhanced palatability, speed of effectiveness and potency as a viable and healthier alternative to conventional inhalational (i.e. smoking or vaping) administration practices. Extensively evaluated through invivo, invitro, and human clinical studies, one of the most extensive databases in the world has been collected by Lexaria related to hemp-based ingredients empowered with our DehydraTECH technology. In 2018, the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) for the first time ever exempted cannabidiol from hemp from its list of restricted substances on its International Standards Prohibited List of substances.
Other
Lexaria CanPharm Corp, a Canadian corporation, owns exclusive global rights to Lexaria’s intellectual property as it is applied to psychotropic bioactive molecules that act upon human CB1 and CB2 receptors in those areas of the world where it is permissible to do so. Substances that act upon these receptors and systems in the human body that affect pain, inflammation, anxiety and depression, and have also been shown to have utility against cancer and neurodegenerative conditions. Lexaria’s ground-breaking 2018 research that proved many-fold improvements in delivering an active ingredient across the blood-brain-barrier could have disruptive potential within this business sector as well as all others where Lexaria is active.
Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (“Lexaria”) has formed the Lexaria Nicotine Corp. as its exclusive worldwide nicotine business unit. More than 89% of all nicotine that is consumed worldwide is delivered through smoking cigarettes. Approximately 6,000,000 deaths per year around the world are attributed primarily to the delivery of nicotine through the act of smoking according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of note: “…it is primarily the toxins and carcinogens in tobacco smoke – not the nicotine – that cause illness and death.” (U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE]). As many as 69% of U.S. adult smokers want to quit smoking and 43% of US adult smokers have attempted to quit in any twelve-month period. Lexaria postulates that delivery of nicotine to satisfy current demand, utilizing our patented DehydraTECH technology in common food and consumer product formats, could shift demand away from smoking cigarettes. However, ingestion of nicotine is challenging because it is poorly tolerated by the human gastrointestinal system and then significantly metabolized by the liver, thereby diminishing its overall effectiveness through edibles. Lexaria’s DehydraTECH technology offers a means to formulate ingestible product formats of nicotine and/or its analogs with higher bioavailability performance possibilities due to the benefits of our technology.
Pharmaceuticals
Lexaria is developing a patent suite with supporting intellectual property in the pharmaceutical sector that will supply significant long-term strategic growth potential. Lexaria Pharmaceutical Corp. is the 100%-owned subsidiary that has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to Lexaria’s patent portfolio related to pharmaceutical applications. Currently within this business unit resides the IP for Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatories (NSAIDs), Vitamins, hormone treatments utilizing estrogen or testosterone, phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE5). Additional molecules of interest could be added to this unit over time.
According to Statista.com, the US pharma industry alone spent over $71 billion in 2017 on R&
a larger R&D expenditure than the entire gross revenues of many other business sectors. Lexaria Pharmaceutical Corp. is implementing a strategy of reinforcing its IP-suite to sufficient degree to begin partnering within this dynamic industry. HempCo
The Lexaria Hemp Co. holds exclusive global rights to the Lexaria patent portfolio related to hemp-based applications. Lexaria’s DehydraTECH technology is designed to deliver functional ingredients within hemp in oral product formats with significantly enhanced palatability, speed of effectiveness and potency as a viable and healthier alternative to conventional inhalational (i.e. smoking or vaping) administration practices. Extensively evaluated through invivo, invitro, and human clinical studies, one of the most extensive databases in the world has been collected by Lexaria related to hemp-based ingredients empowered with our DehydraTECH technology. In 2018, the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) for the first time ever exempted cannabidiol from hemp from its list of restricted substances on its International Standards Prohibited List of substances.
Other
Lexaria CanPharm Corp, a Canadian corporation, owns exclusive global rights to Lexaria’s intellectual property as it is applied to psychotropic bioactive molecules that act upon human CB1 and CB2 receptors in those areas of the world where it is permissible to do so. Substances that act upon these receptors and systems in the human body that affect pain, inflammation, anxiety and depression, and have also been shown to have utility against cancer and neurodegenerative conditions. Lexaria’s ground-breaking 2018 research that proved many-fold improvements in delivering an active ingredient across the blood-brain-barrier could have disruptive potential within this business sector as well as all others where Lexaria is active.
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