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ICON Clinical Research is a North Wales, PA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
BHE is an independent health analytics company with over two decades of experience in designing and conducting research that assesses the value of medical technologies.
Summa Health is one of the largest integrated delivery systems in Ohio. Encompassing a network of hospitals, community health centers, a health plan, a physician-hospital organization, a multi-specialty physician organization, research and multiple foundations, Summa is nationally renowned for excellence in patient care and for exceptional approaches to healthcare delivery. Summa also is a founding partner of the BioInnovation Institute in Akron. For more information, visit www.summahealth.org. Summa Health is an Affirmative Action employer that promotes Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity for all individuals. Women, veterans, members of minority groups, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Nevakar is a specialty pharmaceutical company, focused on developing innovative products in injectable and ophthalmic space. Our goal is to develop enhanced products that address unmet clinical and/or commercial needs of currently [FDA] approved molecules, through intensive R&D and clinical efforts.
Vitality has developed a new class of cannabinoid prodrugs (cannabosides), which enable selective delivery of THC and cannabidiol (CBD) to the gastrointestinal tract. Site-specific delivery could enable potent local therapeutic effects while reducing or avoiding the systemic delivery of THC to the brain. Currently, the psychoactivity of THC limits the dose of cannabinoids that can be used for treatment of pain and inflammation. Studies have shown that the cannabinoid system is a potent mediator of pain relief and inflammation, as studies have shown that cannabinoid drugs can in some cases be far more potent than opiates for pain relief, and far more potent than aspirin or corticosteroids for providing anti-inflammatory effects. For example, cannabinoid drugs have been shown to be nearly 10 times as potent as morphine for neuropathic pain relief. Studies have also shown they can be 20 times as potent as aspirin, and twice as potent as corticosteroids for treating inflammation. But currently, the “elephant in the room” remains, which is that the desired potent effects cannot be achieved when high doses of THC enter the bloodstream and brain. Patients are forced to limit their doses, so targeted administration is critical. Our solution goes to the heart of this issue and offers an alternative means to increase the beneficial dosage, right at the site of disease – where it matters most, and relegates the psychoactive nature of the drug to a manageable side effect.