Zynerba, Experimental CBD Company, Sued Over Drug Trial Results

March 17, 2021, 4:31 PM UTC

A Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. investor sued it in Delaware on Wednesday, seeking company records to probe claims that it hid a sky-high incidence of side effects plaguing clinical trials of a treatment for autism-like disorders using cannabidiol, the main non-psychoactive compound in cannabis.

The lawsuit, filed in Delaware Chancery Court, stems from reports of “adverse events” in 96% of trial subjects taking the sole drug candidate in Zynerba’s product pipeline, Zygel, a CBD-based topical gel being tested in patients with autism and three other “progressive neuropsychiatric disorders.”

A majority of the adverse events appear to have been related to Zygel, ...

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