Bethesda, Sept. 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- India Globalization Capital, Inc. (IGC) announces that the company applied for a provisional patent based on a novel therapy that uses cannabinoid extracts from the cannabis plant for the treatment of cachexia.
Cachexia is a condition that accompanies severe illness such as cancer and results in the weakness and wasting away of the body. In the U.S. it is estimated that a population of approximately 1.3 million are experiencing cachexia associated with cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, HIV/AIDS and other progressive illnesses. Cancer induced anorexia cachexia is responsible for about 20% of all cancer deaths.
"We believe our therapy, subject to controlled testing, could offer an alternative to a common and difficult condition that accompanies those suffering from severe illness. This patent filing for cachexia is an additional component of our core strategy that is intended to build a product portfolio of cannabinoid-based therapies for the treatment of a wide range of therapeutic indications including pain, epilepsy, and other niche severe terminal diagnosis, which are either life altering or life threatening. We believe we are developing a sustainable and differentiated segment in the cannabinoid-based bio-pharmaceutical sector and continue to further our specialty IP assets," said Ram Mukunda, IGC's CEO.
About IGC
IGC is engages in identifying, developing or acquiring and commercializing cannabinoid based biopharmaceutical therapies that address end of life supportive care, hospice care, chronic neurological and oncological diagnosis. The company also supplies components for OEMs involved in health care and the Internet-of-Things. India Globalization Capital Inc. ("IGC") is based in Bethesda, Maryland.
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