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Remdesivir is one of several drugs to be evaluated
The recent animal study demonstrated that DehydraTECHTMtechnology significantly improved drug delivery in animals of representative drugs from two classes of antiviral therapies (aProtease Inhibitor and a Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor) under investigation against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and already in use against HIV/AIDS.
The studies will include Lexaria’s proprietary DehydraTECH-enabled formulations (the “Formulations”) administeredvia oral gavage to male Sprague-Dawley rats to quantify and compare total drug delivery into the rodent bloodstream to control formulations. These studies will be conducted by a third-party pharmacokinetic testing laboratory in
A second study will be undertaken using the services of a separate third-party laboratory to evaluate the relative antiviral activity of certain Formulations. In this separate investigation,
“With these additional antiviral drug studies, we are aggressively expanding and implementing the first of our strategic initiatives for 2021,” said
In addition,
About Remdesivir
Remdesivir (brand name Veklury) is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug developed by Gilead Sciences and also available commercially for research purposes from other commercial suppliers, that is customarily used via injection. It received FDA-approval for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the US on
*https://www.gilead.com/news-and-press/press-room/press-releases/2020/10/us-food-and-drug-administration-approves-gileads-antiviral-veklury-remdesivir-for-treatment-of-covid19
About
Lexaria Bioscience Corp.’s (OTCQX: LXRP, CSE: LXX) proprietary drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH™, improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) enter the bloodstream by promoting healthier oral ingestion methods and increasing the effectiveness of fat-soluble active molecules, thereby lowering overall dosing. The Company’s technology can be applied to many different ingestible product formats, including foods, beverages, oral suspensions, tablets, and capsules. DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated since 2016 with cannabinoids and nicotine the ability to increase bio-absorption by up to 5-10x, reduce time of onset from 1 - 2 hours to minutes, and mask unwanted tastes; and is planned to be further evaluated for orally administered bioactive molecules, including anti-virals, cannabinoids, vitamins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and nicotine.
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