GW Pharmaceuticals Overview

  • Founded
  • 1998

Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 1,161

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds
  • 12

GW Pharmaceuticals General Information

Description

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform in a broad range of disease areas. The company's lead product candidate is Epidiolex, which is a liquid formulation of pure plant-derived cannabidiol used for the treatment of a number of rare childhood-onset epilepsy disorders. The company also develops and markets Sativex, an oromucosal spray for the treatment of spasticity due to multiple sclerosis. Geographically its presence can be seen across the region of UK, Europe, US, Canada, and others.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Corporate Backed or Acquired
Primary Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Other Industries
Other Healthcare Services
Drug Discovery
Primary Office
  • Sovereign House
  • Vision Park, Histon
  • Cambridge CB24 9BZ
  • England, United Kingdom

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GW Pharmaceuticals Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
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Post-Val Status Debt

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GW Pharmaceuticals Comparisons

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GW Pharmaceuticals Competitors (8)

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GW Pharmaceuticals Patents

GW Pharmaceuticals Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202307065-D0 Novel compounds and uses thereof Pending 12-May-2023
GB-202211753-D0 Complex botanical preparations Pending 11-Aug-2022
GB-202211755-D0 Complex botanical preparations Pending 11-Aug-2022
GB-202208810-D0 Crystaline forms of a synthetic cannabinoid Pending 15-Jun-2022 0000000000
GB-202206506-D0 Crystaline forms of a cannabidiol-like cannabinoid Pending 04-May-2022 C07C39/23
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GW Pharmaceuticals Board Members (8)

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GW Pharmaceuticals Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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GW Pharmaceuticals Former Investors

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