Lexaria Receives Two New Medical-Treatment Patents in Hypertension and Epilepsy

KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms announces two important new patent awards.

The Company has received a new granted patent in Lexaria's patent family #21: Compositions and Methods for Treating Hypertension. This is the Company's third granted US patent in this patent family. As Lexaria has repeatedly demonstrated, DehydraTECH-processed cannabidiol ("CBD") has evidenced an ability to lower blood pressure in both acute dosing in hypertension as well as over a 5-week study duration. This patent will expire in 2042 if not extended.

The Company has also received a new granted patent in Lexaria's patent family #24: Compositions and Methods for Treating Epilepsy. This is the Company's third granted US patent in this patent family. This patent complements earlier research that discovered DehydraTECH-CBD was capable of mitigating epileptic seizures in rodents, and was also absorbed into the bloodstream more effectively than the commercially available cannabinoid-based anti-seizure medication, Epidiolex. This patent will expire in 2042 if not extended.

With the issuance of these two new patents, Lexaria's patent portfolio has now grown to 43 granted patents worldwide. Lexaria's intellectual property remains a significant component in supporting future business objectives.

About Lexaria Bioscience Corp. & DehydraTECH
DehydraTECH is Lexaria's patented drug delivery formulation and processing platform technology which 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 43 patents granted and many patents pending worldwide. For more information, please visit www.lexariabioscience.com.