Gb Sciences, Inc. Showcases Its Pharos Drug Discovery Platform At the 2Nd Alcor Drug Discovery Platform Summit
May 12, 2022 at 06:30 pm IST
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GB Sciences, Inc. announced that it iscusses the current and future importance of its proprietary drug discovery platform PhAROS (Phytomedical Analytics for Research Optimization at Scale) at the 2nd ALCOR Drug Discovery Platform Summit. PhAROS uses AI-enhanced data analytics and machine learning to identify and predict the efficacy of combinations of novel active ingredients from plants (aka "minimum essential mixtures"). Gb Sciences' proprietary minimum essential mixtures are designed to retain the efficacy of whole plant therapies while maintaining the manufacturing and quality control advantages of single-ingredient pharmaceutical products.
To date, PhAROS has identified potential plant-inspired therapeutic mixtures for the treatment of neurological disorders, inflammation, anxiety, depression, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, chronic pain, and others. These minimum essential mixtures were then validated in cell and now animal models in preparation for safety and efficacy testing in human clinical trials. Recently, Gb Sciences has been issued four U.S. patents for its late preclinical stage formulations that are being developed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, inflammation, chronic pain, and heart disease, respectively. As Gb Sciences' drug development pipeline advances these drug candidates into human clinical trials, the value of the PhAROS drug discovery platform increases, thus, becoming an important asset for the future growth of the company.
GB Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical research and development company. The Company develops disease-targeted formulations of cannabis and other plant-inspired therapeutic mixtures for the prescription drug market through its wholly owned subsidiary, GbS Global Biopharma, Inc. (GBSGB). The Company's primary focus is on preparing its lead program for the treatment of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) in a human clinical trial. Through GBSGB, the Company is engaged in the research and development of plant-inspired medicines, with virtual operations in North America and Europe. GBSGB has a portfolio of intellectual property containing both plant-inspired formulations and its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled drug discovery platform, as well as research contracts and various supplier arrangements. GBSGBs intellectual property covers a range of over 65 medical conditions, from which five drug development programs are in the preclinical stage of drug development.