GW Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GWPH) paved the way for modulating the cannabinoid pathway and turning that field of science into valuable prescription therapeutics. Over the past five years, GW transitioned from a promising idea to a commercial reality with two approved drugs in the U.S. and Europe.
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Epidiolex, GW's first drug to attain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, launched into the market in November 2018 as a treatment for two rare forms of childhood-onset epilepsy. It also marked the FDA's first approval of a cannabis-derived drug.