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First cannabis-based drug approved in the US to treat epilepsy

First cannabis-based drug approved in the US to treat epilepsy

26 June 2018

Epidiolex has become the first drug derived from marijuana to win FDA approval in the US, and will be used to treat two forms of childhood epilepsy

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