Lexaria Bioscience

Lexaria Bioscience Corp. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the provision of active pharmaceutical ingredients through its DehydraTECH drug delivery technology. The company is headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia and currently employs 7 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2009-10-28. The firm's patented drug delivery formulation and processing platform technology improves the way a wide variety of drugs enter the bloodstream, always through oral delivery. DehydraTECH has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs effectively across the blood brain barrier. The Company’s segment includes Intellectual Property, B2B Production, and Research and Development. The company is advancing several research and development (R&D) activities in both preclinical and clinical programs. Its focus is the investigation and the incorporation of its DehydraTECH drug delivery technology with glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) to enhance absorption and reduce adverse side effects. The firm operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and holds an intellectual property portfolio with around 48 patents granted and many patents pending worldwide.