TEL AVIV, Israel, November 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Therapix Biosciences, (OTCQB: THXBY) (TASE: THXBY.TA), a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of cannabinoid-based product candidates, signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for strategic cooperation with Rafa Laboratories Ltd. (Rafa), a leading pharmaceutical company, for the purpose of conducting a proof-of-concept clinical trial for a cannabinoid based product candidate to treat various medical indications characterized by lower abdominal pain.
Therapix plans to make use of its licensed entourage technology for the purpose of integrating a palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) with an FDA approved cannabinoid drug.
According to the MOU, which is subject to the execution of a definitive agreement within four months, Rafa will supply the approved drug to Therapix for conducting the clinical trial, and will bear the costs of, and manage the logistical and regulatory aspects related to the clinical trial, in consideration for an exclusive worldwide (excluding North America) right to manufacture the product candidate, and the right to market the product candidate in Israel.
About Therapix
Therapix is an Israeli pharmaceutical company specializing in the development and commercialization of drugs that are based on approved cannabinoid molecules. The Company's secutities are listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and traded over-the counter (OTC) in the United States. The Company's product candidates are being developed to treat Tourette syndrome and impairments in cognitive functioning (including preliminary stages of Alzheimer's disease).
About Rafa
Rafa, incorporated in 1937, is one of Israel's leading pharmaceutical companies. The company specializes in marketing, manufacture and distribution of proprietary and generic formulations, prescription and over-the-counter medicines, as well as therapeutic products in various medical fields such as pain, gastroenterology, respiratory diseases and dermatology.
One of Rafa's fields of expertise is the manufacture of drugs for other companies, implementing the contract manufacturing method, and it offers a range of services under a one-stop-shop concept.
Rafa has an advanced manufacturing facility approved for production in Israel, Europe and additional countries in the world.
To date, Rafa is the only company in Israel having the capacity for mass production of sterile and aseptic ampoules, and it manufactures, markets and exports ampoules for use in hospitals and clinics as well as syringes for military and civil defense uses.
Therapix Biosciences, (OTCQB: THXBY) (TASE: THXBY.TA), a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of cannabinoid-based product candidates, signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for strategic cooperation with Rafa Laboratories Ltd. (Rafa), a leading pharmaceutical company, for the purpose of conducting a proof-of-concept clinical trial for a cannabinoid based product candidate to treat various medical indications characterized by lower abdominal pain.
Therapix plans to make use of its licensed entourage technology for the purpose of integrating a palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) with an FDA approved cannabinoid drug.
According to the MOU, which is subject to the execution of a definitive agreement within four months, Rafa will supply the approved drug to Therapix for conducting the clinical trial, and will bear the costs of, and manage the logistical and regulatory aspects related to the clinical trial, in consideration for an exclusive worldwide (excluding North America) right to manufacture the product candidate, and the right to market the product candidate in Israel.
About Therapix
Therapix is an Israeli pharmaceutical company specializing in the development and commercialization of drugs that are based on approved cannabinoid molecules. The Company's secutities are listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and traded over-the counter (OTC) in the United States. The Company's product candidates are being developed to treat Tourette syndrome and impairments in cognitive functioning (including preliminary stages of Alzheimer's disease).
About Rafa
Rafa, incorporated in 1937, is one of Israel's leading pharmaceutical companies. The company specializes in marketing, manufacture and distribution of proprietary and generic formulations, prescription and over-the-counter medicines, as well as therapeutic products in various medical fields such as pain, gastroenterology, respiratory diseases and dermatology.
One of Rafa's fields of expertise is the manufacture of drugs for other companies, implementing the contract manufacturing method, and it offers a range of services under a one-stop-shop concept.
Rafa has an advanced manufacturing facility approved for production in Israel, Europe and additional countries in the world.
To date, Rafa is the only company in Israel having the capacity for mass production of sterile and aseptic ampoules, and it manufactures, markets and exports ampoules for use in hospitals and clinics as well as syringes for military and civil defense uses.
