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DEA Removes Controlled Substance Status of CBD Anti-Epilepsy Drug Epidiolex
Drug used to treat Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet syndrome.
GW Pharmaceuticals plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid platform, along with its U.S. subsidiary Greenwich Biosciences, Inc., has received notification from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirming that Epidiolex (cannabidiol) is no longer subject to the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), effective immediately.
“This notification from DEA fully establishes that Epidiolex, the only CBD medicine approved by FDA, is no longer a controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act,” said Justin Gover, GW’s chief executive officer. “We would like to thank DEA for confirming the non-controlled status of this medicine. Importantly, the descheduling of Epidiolex has the potential to further ease patient access to this important therapy for patients living with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Dravet syndrome, two of the most debilitating forms of epilepsy.”