Lexaria BioscienceLEXX
LEXX
About: Lexaria Bioscience Corp's patented drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients enter the bloodstream by promoting more effective oral delivery. DehydraTECH can increase bio-absorption with cannabinoids and nicotine by 5-10x and, in some instances with cannabinoids by as much as 27x compared to standard industry formulations, reduce the time of onset from 1-2 hours to minutes, and mask unwanted tastes. DehydraTECH has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs more effectively across the blood-brain barrier. The company has four reportable segments: Intellectual Property Licensing which generates maximum revenue, B2B Production, Research and Development, and Corporate. Geographically, it derives revenue from the United States and Canada.
Employees: 7
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
7% less funds holding
Funds holding: 28 [Q2] → 26 (-2) [Q3]
7.82% less ownership
Funds ownership: 14.53% [Q2] → 6.71% (-7.82%) [Q3]
14% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 6 | Existing positions closed: 7
20% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 4 | Existing positions reduced: 5
44% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.78M [Q2] → $3.24M (-$2.55M) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$10
415%
upside
Avg. target
$10
415%
upside
High target
$10
415%
upside
1 analyst rating
1 positive
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HC Wainwright & Co. Yi Chen 38% 1-year accuracy 59 / 156 met price target | 415%upside $10 | Buy Reiterated | 2 Dec 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Neutral
Accesswire
6 days ago
Lexaria's Human GLP-1 Study #5 Receives Independent Review Board Approval
Positive results in a recent animal study strongly supports first-ever human investigation for DehydraTECH-liraglutide in an oral capsule format KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 15, 2025 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (Nasdaq:LEXX)(Nasdaq:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, is pleased to announce that it has received the necessary independent ethics board approval required for its contract research organization ("CRO") to begin to implement and execute human pilot study GLP-1-H25-5 (the "Study"). The Study will compare an oral version of liraglutide, formulated from the DehydraTECH-processing of Saxenda® ("DehydraTECH-liraglutide") to the conventional injected liraglutide (Saxenda®).
Neutral
Accesswire
1 week ago
Lexaria's Oral DehydraTECH-Tirzepatide Reduces Side Effects by Half with Comparable Efficacy Versus Eli Lilly's Injectable GLP-1/GIP Drug Zepbound(R)
Oral DehydraTECH-tirzepatide evidenced reduced adverse events of 47% compared to injected Zepbound® Blood glucose reduction and insulin secretion levels from the oral DehydraTECH-tirzepatide were comparable to injected Zepbound® KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 14, 2025 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, announces partial final results showcasing the tolerability and glycemic control efficacy findings from human study GLP-1-H24-3 (the "Study"), comparing an oral version of DehydraTECH-processed Zepbound® ("DehydraTECH-tirzepatide") to conventional injected Zepbound®. The injected Zepbound® produced a total of 38 adverse events across the study group of 9 persons, whereas the oral DehydraTECH-tirzepatide only produced 20 adverse events, a reduction of 47%.
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1 month ago
Lexaria's Registered GLP-1 Study #4 Begins Dosing
Registered Phase-1b 12-week study will investigate safety, diabetes control, and weight loss KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 19, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (Nasdaq:LEXX)(Nasdaq:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, announces it has begun dosing in the Company's Phase 1b, 12-week chronic study GLP-1-H24-4, (the "Study"). The Study is designed mainly to determine whether Lexaria's proprietary DehydraTECH technology improves the safety and effectiveness of existing GLP-1 drugs.
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Accesswire
1 month ago
Lexaria Forms New Scientific Advisory Board
North American drug delivery development experts added to help guide Lexaria's strategic plans KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 18, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (Nasdaq:LEXX)(Nasdaq:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, announces the creation of its new Scientific Advisory Board ("SAB") to assist in guiding Lexaria's rapid drug delivery platform technology and strategic development plans within the pharmaceutical industry. The SAB will initially be comprised of four people and the Chairman of the SAB will be Lexaria's President and Chief Scientific Officer, John Docherty.
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1 month ago
Esteemed Harvard Medical School Professor Dr. Michael Gibson Appointed Chief Medical Advisor at Lexaria Bioscience
Dr. Gibson joining Lexaria's new scientific advisor board KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, announces the appointment of Dr. Michael Gibson as its new Chief Medical Advisor. Dr. Gibson will collaborate directly with President John Docherty as Lexaria's patented DehydraTECH drug delivery platform continues to expand its applications in GLP-1 and hypertension.
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1 month ago
Liraglutide Processed with DehydraTECH to be Studied in Human GLP-1 Study #5
Positive results in recent animal study strongly support first-ever human investigation for DehydraTECH-liraglutide KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (Nasdaq:LEXX)(Nasdaq:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, is pleased to announce the engagement of a contract research organization ("CRO") to design and execute a human pilot study evaluating DehydraTECH-liraglutide against Saxenda® injectable liraglutide. As reported on November 20th in Lexaria's 12-week rodent study with unlimited food available, DehydraTECH-processed liraglutide - administered orally - demonstrated a 5.88% weight reduction and 11.54% blood sugar reduction compared to baseline.
Neutral
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1 month ago
Revolutionizing Healthcare: Lexaria Highlights Expanding Therapeutic Benefits of GLP-1 Drugs
Semaglutide being investigated for applications in heart disease, Alzheimer's, liver disease, and more GLP-1 drugs expected to generate multi-hundreds of billions of revenues in the years to come KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 26, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, provides the following strategic update. Today's GLP-1 drug market consists primarily of semaglutide (Wegovy®, Ozempic®, and Rybelsus®), owned by Novo Nordisk®; and tirzepatide (Zepbound®, Mounjaro®), owned by Eli Lilly™.
Neutral
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1 month ago
Lexaria's GLP-1 Human Pilot Study #3 Completes Dosing as Scheduled
DehydraTECH-processed tirzepatide from Zepbound® is being tested in an oral dose format KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 25, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (Nasdaq:LEXX)(Nasdaq:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms is pleased to announce that dosing has been completed for human pilot study #3 (the "Study") investigating a DehydraTECH-processed version of the dual action glucagon-like peptide-1 ("GLP-1") + glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide ("GIP") receptor agonist tirzepatide (sold commercially as Zepbound®) in an oral dose format. The Study has been dosed in nine (9) healthy volunteers.
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Accesswire
2 months ago
ALL Study Groups using DehydraTECH Processing Outperform Rybelsus(R) in Body Weight Control in Lexaria's 12-Week GLP-1, Diabetes Animal Study
DehydraTECH-liraglutide and a select DehydraTECH-CBD formulation were the top performing groups in the Study outperforming the Rybelsus® control group in both body weight-loss, by 11.53% and 10.65% respectively, and in blood sugar, by 11.13% and 3.35% respectively. DehydraTECH-semaglutide compositions with and without SNAC technology outperformed Rybelsus® control in body weight Weight-control improvement demonstrated in ALL study groups during the final 4-weeks Outcomes are strongly supportive of pending Phase 1b Australian human study KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 20, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms announces that it has received final 12-week body weight and blood sugar results from all 12 study groups of the recently completed diabetes animal study WEIGHT-A24-1 (the "Study").
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2 months ago
Lexaria Signs Contract For New DehydraTECH GLP-1 Biodistribution Study
World's First-Ever Study Tracking Biodistribution of DehydraTECH GLP-1 Molecules KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESSWIRE / November 14, 2024 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, announces it has engaged a contract research organization to perform the world's first-ever fluorescently tagged DehydraTECH-semaglutide ("FTS") rodent biodistribution study (the "Study"). Distribution of a drug once it enters the body can provide vital clues as to the understanding of that drug's ability to bind with targeted receptor cells, avoid concentration at physical sites that might be prone to fostering adverse side effects, and increase the drug's ultimate efficacy.
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