Thursday, 1. February 2007
Topic: DRUGS - on February 1, 2007 at 11:27:00 AM CET
Drugmaker to test fat-fighting marijuana drug
Britain's GW Pharmaceuticals Plc said Tuesday it plans to start human trials of an experimental treatment for obesity derived from cannabis.
Cannabis is commonly associated with stimulating hunger. Several other companies, including Sanofi-Aventis with Acomplia, are working on new drugs that try to switch off the brain circuits that make people hungry when they smoke it.
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