Stenocare and ADREXpharma have received approval to sell a new and innovative medical cannabis oil product in Germany, set to be available for patients in the fourth quarter of 2024.  

The new product is a THC-CBD 10-10 oil in a 30 ml bottle which has the potential to address a large target group of patients in the German market.  Stenocare has since 2019 been investing with partners to develop and test next generation medical cannabis oil products, that can position Stenocare as a true leader within prescription-based medical cannabis. The new product-line is branded "Astrum", and the company has worldwide exclusivity for this patented oil technology. The company is now ready to commercialize the product in the second market (Germany). The official German product name is "Astrum 10-10 Ext Stenocare", with 10 mg/ml THC and 10 mg/ml CBD.

Innovative product: The Stenocare Astrum product is based on an innovative oil technology, that has the potential to increase the cannabinoid's bioavailability in the patient's blood. Thereby, the new product is addressing a well-known challenge with dosing medicine and securing consistent uptake of the active ingredients in the blood. With the Astrum product, Stenocare has completed a pharmacokinetic (PK) study in dogs that documented two important parameters in the lymphatic system that can improve the bioavailability:

Parameter 1 - uptake in the blood: According to the PK-study, Astrum improves uptake in the blood with a factor 2.6 - compared to a reference MCT-oil product in the market. Low and inconsistent uptake of the drug in the blood across patients is a well-known challenge in the pharma industry, that applies to most drugs. This also applies to medical cannabis. Today, when patients are administrating traditional MCT-oil based medical cannabis, the metabolism will reduce the uptake of cannabinoids in the body. This means that a highly variable and often little part of the active ingredients (ie. cannabinoids) are delivered inside the patient with a therapeutic effect. This is creating problems to prescribe a steady dosage of the drug to patients. Also, the uptake in the blood is very different for each individual due to biological differences between patients. The new Astrum product is mitigating these challenges and offering higher bioavailability.

Parameter 2 - time to max effect: According to the PK-study, the Stenocare Astrum product improves time from dosing to max effect from 2-4 hours to just 1 hour, and offer's a more uniform experience. Predictability of uptake and time to max effect is important when doctors prescribe medical cannabis and when patients use it to treat their symptoms. The time to max effect is the duration of time it takes to reach maximum concentration of the drug in the blood after dosing the drug to the individual. Reaching the maximum as fast as possible is important to help patients manage their symptoms.

CEO of Stenocare, Thomas Skovlund Schnegelsberg, comments: "Our Astrum 10-10 oil was first approved for sales in Australia and now we are adding Germany as the second market. In our opinion, the new Astrum product is truly groundbreaking for the entire industry of medical cannabis and for the German patients. In short, our new oil technology address key challenges in the industry of medical cannabis: 1) It doubles the uptake of cannabinoid, 2) It delivers a uniform uptake in the blood across individuals, 3) the maximum concentration of the drug is reached in half the time, and, finally, 4) it can be delivered in the body with a higher uniformity regardless of food consumption. Even though bioavailability has been a key challenge for a long time in the medical cannabis industry, it is our experience that real data from a pharmacokinetic study regarding the challenge has not been available with a commercially available product. This puts Stenocare in a very strong position to be a first-mover in the next generation of medical cannabis oil products, that has the potential to revolutionize the market".

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