Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS) President & CEO Mr. Raymond C. Dabney Awarded The 2018 Harvard Global Health Catalyst Industry Leader Award

Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS), a U.S. company specializing in the development of cannabinoid-based medicines, announces that Mr. Raymond C. Dabney, the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Co-founder, has been named a recipient of the esteemed 2018 Harvard Global Health Catalyst (GHC) Industry Leader Award. This prestigious award was recently announced by the organizing committee of the 2018 GHC Summit and will be presented during the Summit scheduled for May 25-27^that Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.

According to the Harvard GHC Summit Organizing Committee, Mr. Dabney is being recognized for “…establishing groundbreaking partnerships with African institutions to close the cancer and pain divide, investigating safe phytomedicine alternatives to opioids, and providing support for the development of phytomedicines to reduce global health disparities.”

To view the announcement of Mr. Dabney’s award, please visit:

https://www.globalhealthcatalystsummit.org/news; and

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/7c636d_5b7e6e00633943989bc4d1af010b285f.pdf

“I am honored and humbled to be named a recipient of such a prestigious Harvard Award. Being named and acknowledged for our work amongst the ranks of all the other Harvard Global Health Catalyst Industry Leader Award winners and other renowned critical ailment researchers around the world, pretty much says it all,” stated Mr. Dabney. “Again, I believe firmly that this award validates the work of Cannabis Science and our research collaborators, and signals that we are definitely on the right path as we develop cannabinoid-based medicines to treat a number of critical ailments, including Cancers, Chronic pain, HIV/AIDS, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), Neurological disorders, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Arthritis.”

Mr. Dabney will also be the keynote speaker during the Phytomedicines Session on May 26th. The theme of this session is From Farm to Bedside: Advancing Clinical Translation of Medical Cannabis and Other Phytomedicines for Global Health. Mr. Dabney will discuss the development of effective cannabinoids and the creation of the Cannabis Science Global Consortium, a research and development framework and platform to cooperate and collaborate with stakeholders worldwide. The Cannabis Science Global Consortium links universities, foundations, corporations, and individuals to share research, ideas, and other relevant information, as well as to implement a cutting-edge research program to develop medicines and delivery mechanisms from bench-to-bedside. The Global Consortium also enables the Company to more strategically coordinate its initiatives, including those focused on education, job creation, and skills training.

The Phytomedicines Session will provide a forum for an important conversation during the Harvard GHC Summit, given that over 26 states in the U.S. and a growing number of countries around the world have now legalized medical cannabis. Frontier research is now making it possible for cannabinoids to be delivered directly to disease sites/targets with minimal or no side effects, which have hampered clinical translation. At the same time global health collaborations are beginning to bring plant-based medicines from low and middle-income countries to the world stage as low-cost remedies. The Phytomedicines Session will focus on the potential use of Medical Cannabis in treating cancers and closing the global pain divide, and on leading edge international collaborations to accelerate research and clinical translation of phytomedicines in global health.

Cannabis Science’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Allen Herman, will moderate the Phytomedicines Session. Dr. Herman will also present on the role of cannabinoids in reducing the pain therapeutic divide between developed and developing countries, and CBIS’ research and development plan. “The Harvard GHC Summit provides Cannabis Science with a unique platform to share information on our research and drug-development initiatives with global stakeholders,” stated Dr. Herman. “As we implement our ‘farm-to-bedside’ approach, we welcome the opportunity to collaborate with leaders from around the world who are actively involved in relevant research, development, and clinical trials.”