KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 26, 2018 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (OTCQX: LXRP) (CSE: LXX) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a drug delivery platform innovator, announces it has submitted a Health Canada research application, and appointed Dr. Ed Ergenzinger to its executive team.
The Company has submitted its research application under Health Canada's Cannabis Tracking and Licensing System for the operation of a Kelowna-based R&D laboratory within Lexaria's new head office under construction, to work with cannabinoids.
The laboratory will enhance Lexaria's ability to formulate for analytical purposes, various products that may contain cannabinoids or other controlled substances. Lexaria expects to work on cannabinoid related formulations as soon as the lab receives its research license to do so. Experimental work on nicotine formulations, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, vitamins and other bioactive compounds of interest will also begin soon after completion of lab construction. Bringing this work in-house is expected to enable the Company to greatly expand its work schedules while reducing costs and development timelines.
Lexaria has already taken delivery of certain equipment in a separate location where it is combining known nano-emulsification processes with its patented DehydraTECHTM for even greater performance characteristics. This work will also transition to the Kelowna laboratory once operational and licensed.
Construction of Lexaria's new head office and laboratory is progressing rapidly and the Company expects to occupy its new space by the end of January 2019. Simultaneously, Lexaria is recruiting additional staff to prepare for more encompassing operations.
Dr. Ed Ergenzinger is appointed Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President of Innovation for the Company. Dr. Ergenzinger is a U.S. licensed patent attorney who also holds a doctorate in Neuroscience (with concentrations in Pharmacology and Physiology) and is an Adjunct Professor of Law. Dr. Ergenzinger has over 15 years of experience providing patent services to clients that have ranged from small start-ups to some of the world's largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. His professional experience includes serving as Director of Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute. He is lead author or co-author on over forty scientific and legal publications.
The Company announces that pursuant to existing stock option plans, it has granted stock options to new employees and consultants that enable the option holders to purchase up to 390,000 common shares of the Company at a price of US$1.27 for a period of five years, vesting over a period of three years.
The Company has received $17,880 from the exercise of 29,800 warrants at the price of US$0.60, previously granted to third parties who are neither officers nor directors of the Company. No commissions or placement fees have been paid related to the funds received from these warrants exercised. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
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About Lexaria
Lexaria Bioscience Corp. has developed and out-licenses its disruptive delivery technology that promotes healthier ingestion methods, lower overall dosing and higher effectiveness of lipophilic active molecules. Lexaria has ten patents granted in the USA and in Australia and has filed over 50 patent applications worldwide across ten patent families. Lexaria's technology provides increases in intestinal absorption rates; more rapid delivery to the bloodstream; and important taste-masking benefits, for orally administered bioactive molecules including cannabinoids, vitamins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), nicotine and other molecules.
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