Insomnia drug suvorexant launched in the United States Suvorexant (Belsomra), a first-in-class orexin receptor antagonist drug, is now available on prescription in the United States for adults with insomnia.…
Uruguay delays plans to sell cannabis in pharmacies Marijuana will not be sold in pharmacies in Uruguay until March 2015, the National Drugs Board (JND) has announced.…
Medicinal cannabis widely used in IsraelI would like to add to David Nutt’s piece about medicinal cannabis ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2014;293:560). Cannabidiol and d9-tetrahydrocannabinol were discovered by scientists in Israel and medicinal cannabis is now widely used there for a number of conditions. It is grown in …
Medicinal cannabis: time for a comeback? The stringent laws on cannabis do no favours for patients, clinicians and researchers.…
