CannabisNewsBreaks – Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Names Experienced Corporate Finance Exec as New CFO

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX, LEXXW), a global innovator in drug-delivery platforms, has appointed a new chief financial officer. The company announced that, effective immediately, Nelson Cabatuan, CPA, will serve in the position, which also entails being a member of Lexaria’s executive leadership team. Cabatuan brings more than 15 years of corporate finance and operations experience in the life sciences industry. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of finance and operations at Rain Oncology Inc., a late-stage precision oncology biotech company. In that position, he was pivotal in building and leading the company’s financial organization, resulting in significant growth while he was there. Cabatuan also held several positions at Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc., including vice president finance. “Nelson’s deep financial leadership experience will be instrumental to the execution of Lexaria’s long-term growth strategy as we continue to maximize the potential use of our DehydraTECH platform for GLP-1 and other therapeutic applications with high unmet medical needs,” said Lexaria Bioscience CEO Chris Bunka in the press release. “On behalf of the entire Lexaria team, I’m thrilled to welcome Nelson as our CFO.”

To view the full press release, visit https://cnw.fm/6C2gJ

About Lexaria Bioscience Corp.

Lexaria Bioscience’s patented drug-delivery formulation and processing platform technology, DehydraTECH(TM), improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) enter the bloodstream through oral delivery. Since 2016, Lexaria has developed and investigated DehydraTECH with a variety of beneficial molecules in oral and topical formats. DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to increase bioabsorption and has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs more effectively across the blood brain barrier, which Lexaria believes to be of particular importance for centrally active compounds. Lexaria operates a licensed, in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 39 patents granted and many patents pending worldwide. For more information about the company, please visit www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Banking on DehydraTECH(TM) Technology for Major 2024 Growth

  • Lexaria, a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, has, since 2016, proven its patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology, asserting its superiority in improving drug bioavailability
  • This has earned it 39 granted patents, with many pending globally
  • DehydraTECH has a number of potential pharmaceutical applications with successful early stage results in hypertension, diabetes and weight loss and many others With its focus on GLP-1 clinical studies for 2024, Lexaria looks to carve out greater market share to make 2024 its biggest year

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, has been pushing the envelope and redefining drug delivery technology. Its patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology has proven itself in numerous studies since 2016, highlighting its ability to increase bio-absorption compared to standard industry formulations while also reducing time of onset, as well as delivering drugs more effectively across the blood brain barrier (https://cnw.fm/iZZZR).

The technology’s effectiveness and uniqueness have earned it 39 granted patents, with many patents pending globally. DehydraTECH has a number of potential pharmaceutical applications, a testament to its versatility and overall effectiveness. The key factor that has played a role in its adoption is its unique ability to improve drug bioavailability, a critical marker and determinant in overall drug effectiveness.

Bioavailability can be described as the extent to which a substance or drug becomes entirely available for its intended biological destination (https://cnw.fm/uH82n). It may also be referred to as a measure of the rate and fraction of the initial drug dose that ultimately gets to the targeted part of the body (https://cnw.fm/bsUUT). Usually, the higher the bioavailability, the more effective the drug, and since time immemorial, scientists have been exploring various ways to improve it.

Studies have highlighted several factors that have shown to affect drug bioavailability, particularly for orally administered drugs. These include decomposition of the medication in the lumen, hepatic fist-pass impact, surface and time accessible for retention, as well as pH and perfusion of the small digestive system.

Lexaria, through its DehydraTECH technology, enhances the performance of several categories of fat-soluble active molecules and drugs, ultimately improving their bioavailability and efficiency. This is achieved by mixing the active ingredients as a delivery “payload” with specific fatty acids, infusing the mixture into a substrate material, and then using controlled dehydration synthesis processing to associate the payload and fatty acids together at a molecular level. This is followed by integrating the newly combined molecules into end-product production across various dosage form factors (https://cnw.fm/iAUAI).

With this technology, Lexaria looks to tap into various growing markets, among them the cardiovascular drugs market and the diabetes markets, both projected to be valued at $115.8 billion and $134.1 billion by 2028 and 2030, respectively. It also hopes to make drugs more effective, possibly reducing the cost of treatment and the patients’ overall quality of life. The company is also aggressively pushing for its patent applications and approvals globally, a show of commitment to creating shareholder value. In addition to its focus on GLP-1 clinical studies for the 2024 calendar year, Lexaria is confident that it will carve out a decent market share for itself, ultimately making 2024 its biggest year yet.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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CannabisNewsBreaks – Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Hires CRO for Second DehydraTECH-Powered GLP-1 Human Pilot Study

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX, LEXXW), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, today announced it has hired a contract research organization (“CRO”) to perform the company’s second DehydraTECH-powered glucagon-like peptide 1 (“GLP-1”) human pilot study #2. According to the announcement, the study will be a randomized, crossover, placebo-controlled investigation that will compare three formulations, each at a 7 mg semaglutide dose: a positive control Rybelsus(R) swallowed tablet; DehydraTECH-semaglutide swallowed capsules; and, for the first time ever, an in-mouth dissolvable DehydraTECH-semaglutide oral tablet. “DehydraTECH has previously shown an ability to improve delivery of certain drugs destined for the bloodstream, through the buccal/sublingual tissues of the mouth and throat,” said Chris Bunka, CEO of Lexaria. “If this new study is successful in demonstrating efficacy and safety, the potential for a new era in GLP-1 delivery without the need for painful injections or stomach-upsetting tablets could be within reach.”

To view the full press release, visit https://cnw.fm/2uEgl

About Lexaria Bioscience Corp.

DehydraTECH(TM) is Lexaria’s patented drug delivery formulation and processing platform technology that improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) enter the bloodstream through oral delivery. Since 2016, Lexaria has developed and investigated DehydraTECH with a variety of beneficial molecules in oral and topical formats. DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to increase bio-absorption and has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs more effectively across the blood brain barrier, which Lexaria believes to be of particular importance for centrally active compounds. Lexaria operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 39 patents granted and many patents pending worldwide. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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CannabisNewsBreaks – Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Reports Weight-Loss Results in Animal Study, Begins Eight-Week Follow-Up Study

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX, LEXXW), a global innovator in drug-delivery platforms, is reporting glucose reduction and weight-loss results in a testing of its wholly owned and patented DehydraTECH-CBD formulation. According to the announcement, when administered to rodents in an eight-week study, DehydraTech-CBD resulted in weight loss of 7% and a reduction of 19.9% (p<0.05) in blood glucose. As a result, Lexaria has now signed contracts to begin a large, multiweek animal study that will substantially progress its DehydraTECH-GLP-1 and DehydraTECH-CBD weight-loss investigations. In addition, the announcement also noted that the company had published results of a human study, which showed that a single 7 mg semaglutide dose from Rybelsus(R) processed with DehydraTECH, was absorbed at a significantly higher level than without DehydraTECH processing; results of that testing showed that the treatment also managed blood glucose levels more effectively without any blood glucose spiking after eating.

“Together, these discoveries strongly support additional investigations, including determining whether daily dosing of DehydraTECH-GLP-1 might result in sustained higher concentrations of GLP-1 in blood over an extended treatment duration than without DehydraTECH processing and whether such a higher blood concentration might result in greater weight loss over time; and determining whether DehydraTECH-CBD, specially formulated for diabetes control and weight loss, alone and/or in conjunction with DehydraTECH-GLP-1, might also result in greater weight loss and/or blood glucose control over time,” said the company in the press release. “Manufacturing of the test articles for 8 of the 12 arms of the new animal study has already been completed, and dosing in those arms will commence as soon as the third-party laboratory is able to do so, expected to begin within 45 days.”

To view the full press release, visit https://cnw.fm/lDKTg

About Lexaria Bioscience Corp.

Lexaria Bioscience’s patented drug-delivery formulation and processing platform technology, DehydraTECH(TM), improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) enter the bloodstream through oral delivery. Since 2016, Lexaria has developed and investigated DehydraTECH with a variety of beneficial molecules in oral and topical formats. DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to increase bioabsorption and has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs more effectively across the blood brain barrier, which Lexaria believes to be of particular importance for centrally active compounds. Lexaria operates a licensed, in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 39 patents granted and many patents pending worldwide. For more information about the company, please visit www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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CannabisNewsBreaks – Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Cleared to Commence HYPER-H23-1 Clinical Trial

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX, LEXXW), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has confirmed the effectiveness of the company’s investigational new drug (“IND”) application thereby clearing Lexaria to conduct its planned U.S. Phase 1b hypertension clinical trial HYPER-H23-1 utilizing DehydraTECH-CBD. According to the announcement, the company is pleased to have complied with the FDA’s rules and procedures for clearance to perform this important registrational trial. The company will further announce when it is ready to begin the study, subject to certain conditions, including raising sufficient funding. “This is a significant milestone achievement for Lexaria demonstrating, for the first time, that its DehydraTECH technology meets the FDA’s high level of regulatory scrutiny sufficient to formally commence U.S. registrational clinical testing towards possible future pharmaceutical commercialization,” said John Docherty, president of Lexaria. “We look forward to commencing this important clinical trial and building upon the wealth of early stage clinical data we have gathered and presented to the FDA to date demonstrating the safety, efficacy and novel mechanistic performance of DehydraTECH-CBD in hypertensive patients.”

To view the full press release, visit https://cnw.fm/e8UgU

About Lexaria Bioscience Corp.

DehydraTECH(TM) is Lexaria’s patented drug delivery formulation and processing platform technology that improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) enter the bloodstream through oral delivery. Since 2016, Lexaria has developed and investigated DehydraTECH with a variety of beneficial molecules in oral and topical formats. DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to increase bio-absorption and has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs more effectively across the blood brain barrier, which Lexaria believes to be of particular importance for centrally active compounds. Lexaria operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 39 patents granted and many patents pending worldwide. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Announces Closing of $3.6 Million Registered Direct Offering

  • Lexaria, a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, just announced $3.6 million in gross proceeds from its registered direct offering priced at the market
  • The proceeds will go to critical R&D studies, patent, and legal costs, as well as general working capital purposes
  • This is timely, given Lexaria’s resolve to double down on GLP-1 investigations for the 2024 calendar year

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, recently announced that the registered direct offering for the purchase and sale of 1,558,443 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $2.31 – at the market under Nasdaq rules – per share yielded approximately $3.6 million in gross proceeds. This was offered by the company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262402), and it opens Lexaria to important new opportunities for the 2024 calendar year (https://cnw.fm/9CHup).

Most notably, Lexaria intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for research and development (“R&D”) studies, and the associated patent and legal costs. It also intends to use the funds for general working capital purposes, important for its current focus on GLP-1 clinical studies for the 2024 calendar year.

“Our R&D plans for 2024 are very tightly focused and will be concentrated mainly on GLP-1 investigations,” noted Chris Bunka, Lexaria’s CEO (https://cnw.fm/RIBhV).

In 2023, Lexaria laid down the groundwork for its GLP-1 clinical studies. The company achieved positive interim and final human pilot study results using a single semaglutide dose of a Rybelsus(R) tablet to a matching dose of Rybelsus that had been processed with DehydraTECH (TM) processing technology enhancements.

“Frankly, the results surprised us with their level of positivity,” noted Mr. Bunka.

“It was found that DehydraTECH processing: delivered a statistically-significant higher proportion of the semaglutide, and did so more quickly (very typical of results for our technology); reduced the quantity and severity of unwanted side effects; and had a statistically-significant impact on blood sugar in general and much more effectively after eating a meal, than did Rybelsus,” he added.

These results inspired the confidence of Lexaria’s team. In addition, the FDA’s recognition of GLP-1 drugs, having offered approvals as recently as 2021 and 2022 due to its health benefits, incentivized Lexaria to double down on this specific study. Consequently, the $3.6 million could not have come at a better time. Mr. Bunka and the rest of Lexaria’s management are optimistic that with this focus, the team’s hard work will prove its worth this year.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Doubles Down on GLP-1 Clinical Studies for 2024; Terms 2023 as its Most Successful and Active Year of R&D

  • Lexaria, a global innovator in drug delivery platforms to enhance bioavailability, announced recently that it will focus on GLP-1 applications for diabetes and weight loss for the 2024 calendar year
  • Chris Bunka, Lexaria’s CEO, has expressed his confidence in the company’s direction, reiterating the intention to demonstrate the superior performance of GLP-1 drugs processed with its patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology
  • The company looks to build on the success of the early-stage results achieved in 2023, and looks to embark on two human pilot studies, a multi-arm 12-week animal chronic study, a human chronic weight-loss and diabetes study, as well as a multi-month stability testing of DehydraTECH GLP-1

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, recently announced its 2024 R&D plans, with emphasis on GLP-1 investigations. GLP-1 agonists (glucagon-like peptide 1) is a class of drugs used for diabetes and weight loss.

This comes hot on the heels of a successful, active year of R&D in 2023, a year that saw significant strides in developing its patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology including its new foray into GLP-1 drugs. Chris Bunka, Lexaria’s CEO, expressed his confidence and overall optimism in the company’s new direction, reiterating the company’s intention to demonstrate the superior pharmacokinetics and safety/efficacy performance of GLP-1 drugs when formulated and processed with DehydraTECH (https://cnw.fm/5pVk5).

In 2023, DehydraTECH showed positive results in its 8-week study that involved 32 diabetic rodents. The study showed that DehydraTECH-CBD lowered triglyceride levels and body weight differential over the eight weeks, positive results that would also be replicated in its other studies including, but not limited to, hypertension, human hormones, and the overall reduced risk of oral nicotine. This laid the groundwork for Lexaria to explore a new class of molecules it had never worked on before, ultimately quietly launching its top-priority and unpublicized early-stage work program – GLP-1- for weight loss and diabetes control.

In the words of Mr. Bunka, this was a “high-risk program,” mainly because this class of drugs is considered “large molecules,” yet all of Lexaria’s previous investigations were concentrated on “small molecules.” However, by the end of November and early January 2024, the company reported positive interim and final human pilot study results using a single semaglutide dose of a Rybelsus(R) tablet to a matching dose from Rybelsus(R) that had been compound formulated in capsule form using DehydraTECH processing technology enhancements. This was a massive milestone for Lexaria, with Bunka describing the results as “surprising.” Of note was that DehydraTECH processing delivered a statistically-significant higher proportion of the semaglutide and did so more quickly, ultimately having a statistically-significant impact on blood sugar.

GLP-1 drugs have been receiving rising interest recently. Having received FDA approvals as recently as 2021 and 2022, mainly given its health benefits and potential market size, Lexaria understands that this could be the next best thing, hence its focus on this drug class.

“Our R&D plans for 2024 are very tightly focused and will be concentrated mainly on GLP-1 investigations,” noted Mr. Bunka.

“Given the overwhelming interest in the GLP-1 sector, this will be a main focus. We are not at this time planning additional 2024 research in the antiviral, nicotine, or PDE5 sectors. We have solid early-stage data in each of those areas that will allow us to build upon those at the right time,” he added.

Mr. Bunka has reiterated that 2024 will be the year that Lexaria’s hard work will prove its worth. He looks to follow up on the positive early-stage results achieved in 2023, even as it embarks on two human pilot studies, a multi-arm 12-week animal chronic study, a human chronic weight-loss and diabetes study, as well as a multi-month stability testing of DehydraTECH GLP-1. Mr. Bunka is confident that its focus on GLP-1 drugs will yield this outcome.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Kicks off 2024 with FDA IND Submission for its HYPER-H23-1 Phase 1b Human Clinical Trial

  • Lexaria, a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, just announced the submission of its IND application with the FDA for its HYPER-H23-1 phase 1b hypertension clinical trial
  • This study will seek to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Lexaria’s patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology, specifically DehydraTECH-CBD, in hypertensive patients
  • Lexaria expects to build on success of its previous studies, which showed positive results and DehydraTECH-CBD’s potential to have broad therapeutic utility

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, just announced the submission of its much-anticipated Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its HYPER-H23-1 phase 1b hypertension clinical trial. The submission follows a successful pre-IND meeting with the FDA, an integral step in the IND’s development and filing (https://cnw.fm/exwpC).

Titled “A Phase 1b Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of DehydraTECH-CBD in Subjects with Stage 1 or Stage 2 Hypertension,” this study will seek to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Lexaria’s patented DehydraTECH(TM) and specifically DehydraTECH-CBD in hypertensive patients. Secondary objectives will also include efficacy evaluation in reducing blood pressure and detailed pharmacokinetic testing.

The IND submission was initially set for the end of August 2023 but was delayed by the overdue delivery of required analytical and stability information from one of Lexaria’s core ingredient suppliers. However, the company has since made tremendous progress and looks to commence with its HYPER-H23-1 clinical trial as soon as possible following IND effectiveness, subject to certain conditions, including funding.

Lexaria is optimistic about the study and looks to build on the success of its previous studies that date back to 2018. So far, the company has sponsored five investigator-initiated human clinical studies of its DehydraTECH-CBD in an aggregate total of 134 people and has not recorded a single adverse event. Positive results from these studies included significant reductions in resting blood pressure over both acute and multi-week dosing regimens alone and, in some cases, complementary to standard-of-care medications. These results suggested that DehydraTECH-CBD has the potential to have broad therapeutic utility, and that is something Lexaria is looking to explore more in its HYPER-H23-1 clinical study.

This submission affirms Lexaria’s commitment to creating shareholder value. It also points to its goal to fulfill the promises made to its shareholders, as detailed in its roadmap for the 2024 calendar year. For Chris Bunka, Lexaria’s CEO, this marks a significant milestone in line with his pledge to do all he can to “turn 2024 into the year that Lexaria leaps forward.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Announces 2024 GLP-1 Human and Animal Studies Roadmap

  • Lexaria, a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, has laid down its GLP-1 human and animal studies roadmap for the 2024 calendar year
  • This builds on the success of its human pilot study, which marked a successful undertaking for exploring its patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology for the improved delivery of the GLP-1 drug semaglutide, available commercially in the branded product Rybelsus(R)
  • The company’s chronic dosing animal study and its second human pilot study will commence in Spring and run for 12 weeks. The third human pilot study will start in May or June
  • These studies will evaluate DehydraTECH for the improved delivery of GLP-1 drugs, designed to support prospective commercial partnering with global pharmaceutical companies

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, has announced five additional studies that aim to support commercial partnering for glucagon-like peptide-1 (“GLP-1”) agonists with its patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology. This follows the update on the final results from its human pilot study in what marked a successful undertaking for exploring DehydraTECH for the improved delivery of the GLP-1 drug Rybelsus(R), reduced side effects, enhanced weight loss, and improved health outcomes, per recent Zacks report (https://cnw.fm/auy9e).

Of note from the human pilot study was the sustained higher levels of semaglutide in blood using DehydraTECH technology, even 24 hours after a single dose.  DehydraTECH processing technology enhancements also achieved better blood glucose control, faster peak drug delivery and reduced side effects.

The 2024 GLP-1 study program will aim to characterize the pharmacokinetics of DehydraTECH processing technology enhancements while also exploring the commercial applicability of DehydraTECH-formulated versions of semaglutide, liraglutide, and tirzepatide. Lexaria plans to embark on one animal, three human studies, and long-term stability testing on DehydraTECH compositions of GLP-1 agonists. All of these proposed studies will depend upon sufficient funding, and all human studies will be investigator initiated non-registrational studies, and will require certain approvals before they commence.

Lexaria’s chronic dosing animal study will advance 12 arms with 8-10 obese rats per arm. It is scheduled to commence in Spring 2024. It will run for 12 weeks, with the primary objective of evaluating weight loss, pharmacokinetics, and blood sugar control over the duration of the study. Once completed, a full analysis will be performed, and results will be shared with stakeholders. This study will use DehydraTECH formulations of semaglutide and liraglutide alone and with DehydraTECH-CBD.

A second human pilot study will begin in Spring 2024, with the third starting in May or June 2024. The latter will enroll up to eight healthy human volunteers and evaluate DehydraTECH’s effectiveness in combination with a dual-action GLP-1 agonist and a glucose-dependent insulintropic peptide (“GIP”) drug absent in the SNAC formulation. It will build on the second human clinical study, whose primary objective would be to evaluate tolerability, side effects, pharmacokinetics, and blood sugar control.

For the 2024 calendar year, Lexaria also plans to evaluate the chemical and microbiological purity and stability of select DehydraTECH compositions over 6-12 months. This long term stability testing is crucial if oral variants of GLP-1 drugs are to be seriously considered as replacements for currently injectable versions of these drugs. All the studies lined up for the year will support this objective, and the company’s management is optimistic that it will be realized.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) To Hit High Ground in Q2 and Q3 2024 with Animal and Human GLP-1 Study Programs

  • Lexaria, a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, has announced its GLP-1 research plans for the 2024 calendar year
  • The company will kick off its chronic dosing animal study in March/April, followed by the human pilot study #2, kicking off at around the same time
  • The third human pilot study will start in May/June followed by a chronic dosing human study that will involve 70-90 pre-diabetic and type-2 diabetic human patients
  • These studies will evaluate DehydraTECH for the improved delivery of GLP-1 drugs, designed to support prospective commercial partnering with global pharmaceutical companies

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, has announced its research plans for the evaluation of its patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology for the improved delivery of GLP-1 drugs designed to support prospective commercial partnering with global pharmaceutical companies.. This builds on the success achieved from a recent human pilot study, which yielded impressive results, demonstrating superior pharmacokinetic (“PK”) oral delivery performance of the DehydraTECH-enhanced GLP-1 drug, semaglutide, which is currently available commercially as Rybelsus(R) (https://cnw.fm/Z5F9w).

Kicking off at the end of Q1 or the beginning of Q2 is Lexaria’s chronic dosing animal study – an obese rat diabetic-conditioned study that will run for 12 weeks. The study will involve approximately 12 study arms and 6-10 animals per arm. It will also explore varied DehydraTECH formulations of semaglutide and liraglutide, alone and together with DehydraTECH-CBD, to evaluate overall efficiency.

Lexaria will also kick off human pilot study #2 in March/April. This study will involve up to 8 healthy volunteers and seek to explore the effectiveness of a single dose of oral ingested DehydraTECH-semaglutide capsules. It will seek to determine whether GLP-1 drug absorption via this route is effective and well tolerated as an alternative to the conventional oral ingestible route. It will evaluate blood sugar control, tolerability, and PK, with the DehydraTECH compositions compound-formulated using commercially available Rybelsus tablets as the semaglutide input material.

The third human pilot study will be in May/June, studying a single dose of orally ingested DehydraTECH-tirzepatide capsules to evaluate tolerability, PK, and blood sugar. The capsules will be compound-formulated using Zepbound(R). This product is currently administered by injection only but will be used as an input material to produce the capsules used for the study. This will set Lexaria up for its chronic dosing human study, which will involve 70-90 pre-diabetic and type-2 diabetic human patients, dosing daily using oral DehydraTECH capsules for 12 weeks. The study will also evaluate tolerability, PK, weight loss, blood sugar levels, and more.

The chronic dosing human study’s primary goal will be to compare DehydraTECH-processed semaglutide capsules to DehydraTECH-CBD capsules alone and together in combination, relative to a placebo control over an extended period. Insights from this study will also inform the company’s long-term stability testing, which will seek to explore the chemical and microbiological purity and stability of select DehydraTECH compositions that it prepares for this and future animal and human studies.

These studies highlight what is set to be a significant year for Lexaria. The ambitious goals show confidence in its DehydraTECH technology and its viability in the market.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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