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A cannabis-derived treatment for severe epilepsy in children that was discovered and developed in Britain will be the first medication of its kind to gain regulatory approval when US authorities give it the green light on Wednesday. Epidiolex is the brainchild of British physician Dr Geoffrey Guy, who founded GW Pharmaceuticals, the publicly-listed company behind the drug, in 1998 in the hope of developing compounds found in the cannabis plant into regulated medications. The drug made from the marijuana plant aced final stage clinical trials two years ago and was so effective in helping children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome – two extremely severe forms of epilepsy - that GW... Register for free to read this article, or log in to your Telegraph account Register Log in … [Read more...] about British epilepsy drug to be first ever cannabis medicine to gain regulatory approval

Five British technology start-ups have been identified as having the potential to deliver "world-changing" technology by the World Economic Forum, in its annual list of global technology pioneers. Proving that the most successful tech companies don't need to come from Silicon Valley, several of the 61 firms recognised for their design, development and deployment of new technologies and innovations, come from outside the US, including India (two), Israel (eight) and Brazil (two). The tech pioneers include companies working on blockchain for voting, AI for drug discovery, city-scale augmented reality and food-production improvement. Previous firms named as part of the technology pioneers cohort... Register for free to read this article, or log in to your Telegraph account Register Log in … [Read more...] about Five British start-ups named on WEF’s technology pioneers list