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Lexaria Bioscience Receives Two New Patents For Treatment Of Epilepsy And For Sublingual Delivery Of Nicotine

Benzinga·06/23/2025 13:18:14
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New patents received for the treatment of epilepsy and for the sublingual delivery of nicotine

KELOWNA, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 23, 2025 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, is pleased to announce that it has received 2 new international patents. This now brings Lexaria's total worldwide patent portfolio to 50.

Lexaria has been granted a new patent in Australia within its patent family #24, Compositions and Methods for Treating Epilepsy. This broadens Lexaria's intellectual property protection for the use of its DehydraTECH™ enhanced processing technology related to the treatment of epilepsy outside of the USA, where a strong patent portfolio of 6 existing patents has already been built. This new patent will expire in 2044.

Lexaria has also been granted a new patent in Japan within its patent family #20, Compositions and Methods for Sublingual Delivery of Nicotine. This patent joins already-existing patents within the same family in both the USA and Canada. This new patent will expire in 2043.

The epilepsy drug market was US$9.5 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach sales of over $15 billion by 2032. Approximately 50 million people in the US alone are affected by epilepsy.