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Apollon Formularies
Another intriguing name to look out for is Apollon Formularies, a medical cannabis company based in Jamaica preparing for listing on the Aquis Exchange.
Interviewed by Sarah Lowther for TMS earlier this month, Apollon’s Head of Business Development Stene Jacobs said that although the book is already closed after a substantially oversubscribed fundraise, for those who missed out ‘there is a second round of fundraising that will happen within 2021’.
Apollon uses machine learning AI technology to offer personalised clinical treatment, analysing data to identify the best combinations of cannabinoids to target and optimise prescriptions for each customer, producing tailored solutions for nausea, pain, sleep, anti-inflammatory, seizures, and appetite disorders. The company holds a suite of licences and is fully regulated, allowing the company to work with products that include elements of THC in addition to CBD: there is evidence that THC also has highly effective medicinal properties. The company’s technologies are overseen by CEO Dr Stephen Barnhill, an early pioneer in the use of AI techniques in medicine, primarily in the field of cancer diagnostics.
Apollon runs an in-patient medical cannabis treatment facility in Jamaica, where more than 400 patients have been treated in the past year, and which the company plans to expand to 130-person capacity. Another Apollon innovation is a patent pending 3D pharmaceutical printer, designed to overcome import and export regulations on cannabinoids and THC. Purchasing companies – if fully licensed – can order specific formulation ‘recipes’ to be emailed over to a printer, allowing Apollon formulations to be printed ‘in house’ using bio ink.