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GW Pharma Receives FDA Fast Track and EMA Orphan Designations

Relates to an intravenous cannabidiol to treat neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (NHIE)

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

GW Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform, said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for a proprietary intravenous form of cannabidiol (CBD) to treat Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, or NHIE. In addition, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan designation for the same product to treat perinatal as...

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