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GB Sciences Announces Issuance of US Patent for its Proprietary, Cannabinoid-Based Anti-Inflammatory Formulations
GB Sciences Announces Issuance of US Patent for its Proprietary, Cannabinoid-Based Anti-Inflammatory Formulations.
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[{"type":"text","content":"LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / December 8, 2020 / GB Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:GBLX) announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will issue U.S. Patent No. 10,857,107 entitled "Cannabinoid-Containing Complex Mixtures for the Treatment of Mast-Cell-Associated or Basophil-Mediated Inflammatory Disorders" today, Dec. 8, 2020. This U.S. patent is assigned to GBS Global Biopharma (GBS), Inc., GB Sciences' Canadian entity. GBS's new U.S. patent protects methods of using GBS's proprietary cannabinoid-containing complex mixtures (CCCM™) for treating Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). MCAS is a severe immunological condition in which mast cells inappropriately and excessively release inflammatory mediators, resulting in a range of severe chronic hyperinflammatory symptoms and life-threatening anaphylaxis attacks."Receiving our patent for the treatment of MCAS using GBS's CCCM™ is an important milestone in the development of this urgently needed medicine. There is no single recommended treatment for MCAS patients. Instead, they attempt to manage MCAS symptoms primarily by avoiding ‘triggers' and using rescue medicines for their severe hyperinflammatory attacks. Therefore, MCAS patients need new therapeutic options to control their mast cell related symptoms, and our CCCM™ were designed to simultaneously control multiple inflammatory pathways within mast cells as a comprehensive treatment option," explained Dr. Andrea Small-Howard, Chief Science Officer and Director of both GB Sciences, Inc. and GBS Global Biopharma, Inc. "Our company is strategically targeting MCAS for two additional reasons. By focusing on a rare disease with no known cure, our company can apply for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expedited approval process, which allows clinically successful treatments to get to market both quicker and more cost-effectively. Gaining approval from the U.S. FDA for the entire anti-inflammatory market would be extremely time-consuming and cost-prohibitive. Demonstrating that our CCCM™ are safe for the treatment of MCAS would favorably position our Company for clinical testing of these CCCM™ as potential treatments for other related inflammatory disorders, such as inflammatory bowel disease, thereby widening the target market a...