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Sativex (Canabis) Trial Results Not Postive
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Sativex Trial Results Not Postive
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GW Pharmaceuticals said [37] in a statement to the stock exchange (regarding recent Sativex trial results) that the patient response rate to its drug was "very high", but the difference from response to a placebo was insufficient so the trial was unable to yield a "statistically significant outcome".
The drug became the first cannabis-derived medicine to win regulatory approval when it was approved in Canada in 2005 as a treatment for pain in multiple sclerosis patients and it is also available in Britain on special prescriptions.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/09/pharmaceuticals.medicalresearch

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