

A drug discovery and development company uniquely focused on the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids
InMed Pharmaceuticals is a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that specializes in developing novel therapies through the research and development into the extensive pharmacology of cannabinoids coupled with innovative drug delivery systems.
InMed is utilizing its proprietary bioinformatics assessment tool to identify bioactive compounds within the cannabis plant that have the potential to have physiological impacts on specific diseases. The goal is to identify new drug candidates that optimize therapeutic benefit while limiting adverse effects.
InMed’s proprietary in silico drug/disease bioinformatics assessment tool, cannabinoid biosynthesis technology and drug development pipeline are the fundamental value drivers of the Company.

Investment Highlights
Extensive portfolio of assets in dermatology, ocular disease and additional indications and cannabinoid biosynthesis
Positioned to achieve value-driving, near-term corporate milestones with limited investment
Led by a management team of experienced professionals capable of building value in biopharmaceuticals
Bioinformatics: Proprietary Drug / Disease Targeting Tool
InMed’s has developed a computer-based program to assist in the identification of novel cannabinoids using: (i) comprehensive algorithms to integrate data from numerous bioinformatics databases, (ii) a database on the structure of currently approved pharmaceutical products, and (iii) an extensive database on over 90 individual cannabinoid drugs found in cannabis.
InMed’s data included in its bioinformatics assessment tool are derived from both public and propriety based sources, and include information on:
Protein-Protein interactions
Gene Regulation
Epigenetic modification
Cell signal networks, and
Metabolomics
InMed uses processes called “random walk algorithms” and “guilt by association” to establish gene and protein-protein interaction networks to identify multi-target based approaches for therapy development for specific diseases.
By using its comprehensive pharmaceutical and cannabinoid structures database, and by creating associations between approved pharmaceuticals (whose pharmacodynamics effects are well characterized) and cannabinoids with similar structures, InMed identifies active cannabinoids to act on above mentioned genes and proteins.
Once a series of potentially active cannabinoids are identified for a specific disease target, InMed will test and confirm their activity in biological systems with
in vitro and
in vivo experimentation.
This type of bioinformatics assessment, as a general approach, represents significant promise for future drug discovery, as it integrates many data sets and builds holistic models to approach a specific disease.
Biosynthesis
Most of us are familiar with the two main bio-active ingredients produced by the cannabis (marijuana) plant, namely THC and CBD. In reality, however, there are 90+ cannabinoids in the plant that could have medical value but are too hard to research due to the fact that they only appear in trace amounts in each plant. InMed has developed, patented and intends to commercialize a process for producing all 90+ cannibinoids using genetically engineered bacteria to create bioidentical copies of these substances. Not only is their process less costly but it also produces these cannabinoids in large quantities at pharmaceutical grade purity. The following link provides a clear explanation of the process in laymen's terms.
Biosynthesis: The Science That May Unlock the Medical Potential of Cannabis
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Pipeline
InMed is building a robust product pipeline through its proprietary discovery platform and research & product development programs. The company continues to seek innovative product candidates for the treatment in following therapeutic areas:
- Ocular Diseases
Pain & Inflammation Dermatology | - CNS
Respiratory Disease Metabolic Disease |
InMed's pipeline currently includes two drug candidates in preclinical development: INM-750 for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa (EB); and INM-085 for the treatment of glaucoma.
INM-750
Referred to as "The Worst Disease You've Never Heard Of," EB is a rare genetic connective tissue disorder that affects roughly one out of every 20,000 births in the United States. Through the development of INM-750, InMed is attempting to address this significant unmet medical need, for which there is no approved treatment or cure. INM-750 replaces missing keratins in the skin with specially selected cannabinoids in an effort to modulate the painful manifestations of EB.
Market Potential - Amicus Therapeutics recently acquired Scioderm, Inc. and its lead EB drug candidate, Zorblisa™, for $847 million. Notably, Scioderm's sole clinical asset was Zorblisa.
JP Morgan and Cowen Research Reports estimate that peak sales for Zorblisa could reach $900 million to $1.2 billion.
INM-085
INM-085 is formulated to reduce the elevated intra-ocular pressure that is often associated with glaucoma. Additionally, the cannabinoids utilized in INM-085 are expected to provide neuroprotection for the retinal ganglion cells and other optic nerve tissues following topical administration. Although it is still in preclinical development, INM-085 targets a sizable market. According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness with no approved cure.
Market Potential - The National Institutes of Health estimates that more than 3 million Americans currently have glaucoma, and more than 120,000 have been blinded by the disease. Worldwide, glaucoma represents a market of $5.6 billion.
Leadership
InMed's management team has well over a century of combined experience in the biopharmaceutical space. Together, the professionals comprising this team are guiding InMed into exciting opportunities in the cannabis-pharma sector.
Eric A. Adams, President & CEO
Eric Adams is a seasoned biopharmaceutical executive with over 25 years of experience in company and capital formation, global market development, mergers & acquisitions, licensing and corporate governance. Mr. Adams previously served as CEO at enGene Inc., which he led from a nascent start-up to becoming a venture capital-backed leader in gene therapy. Prior to enGene, he held key senior roles in global market development with QLT Inc. (Vancouver), Advanced Tissues Science Inc. (La Jolla), Abbott Laboratories (Chicago), and Fresenius AG (Germany). Mr. Adams is well regarded in the Canadian biotech industry for his service as a strategic advisor to a number of early-stage biotech companies, as a previous Chairman of BIOTECanada's Emerging Company Advisory Board and for his extensive generosity in mentoring biotech entrepreneurs.
He is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States and holds a Masters of International Business from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelors in Chemistry from the University of Southern Indiana aerospace industry, most recently with Metal Form, Inc., a privately held aerospace manufacturing company, where he served as president and CEO from 1987 to September of 1999.
Dr. Sazzad Hossain, Ph.D., M.Sc., Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Sazzad Hossain has more than 20 years of academic and industrial experience in new drug discovery, natural health product development. He was Group Leader and Senior Scientist at Biotechnology Research Institute of National Research Council Canada, Government of Canada's prime biotechnology research organization where he set up pharmacology laboratory to evaluate safety and efficacy of new drugs under development in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular and ocular diseases. Prior to joining the National Research Council Canada, he was at Xenon Pharmaceuticals in Vancouver, B.C, where was Associate Director of Pharmacology and led pharmacology teams targeting pain, inflammation and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Hossain received his PhD in Biology from Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine & Biotechnology and received post-doctoral training in the Department of Nutritional Science and Department of Medical Genetics of University of British Columbia. He was associate professor of pharmacology at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil between 1988 -1996. He is the author of more than 40 peer-reviewed papers, primarily in the pharmacology, genetics and nutritional sciences.
Dr. Ado Muhammed, MD, DPM, MFPM, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Ado Muhammed is a proven leader in the development of cannabinoid therapies, having played a strategic role in the clinical development, R&D, and commercialization of these specialty drugs. His previous position was Associate Medical Director at GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK-based Pharmaceutical Company specializing in the development of cannabinoid based prescription medicines. In this role and others at GW Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Muhammed was involved in the advanced delivery of core clinical research and was involved in key decision-making regarding R&D and product commercialization. Dr. Muhammed's received his MD at Ahmadu Bello University followed by an MSc in Orthopaedics at University College London. Dr. Muhammed achieved a DipPharMed in Pharmaceutical Medicine at University of Wales in Cardiff followed by an MBA in Business Administration at the University of Leicester. He is Member, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (Royal College of Physicians of England), the British Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians and the International Society for Pharmacovigilance.
Alexandra D.J. Mancini, M.Sc., Senior Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs
Alexandra Mancini has over 30 years' of global biopharmaceutical R&D experience with a particular emphasis on clinical development and regulatory affairs. Ms. Mancini has been an executive with several biotech companies, overseeing a wide range of drug development activities. As Sr. VP of Clinical & Regulatory Affairs at Sirius Genomics, her role included identifying and managing external resources for medical expertise in sepsis; clinical data management; and statistical theory, programming and analyses. While at INEX Pharmaceuticals as Sr. VP of Clinical & Regulatory Affairs, Ms. Mancini oversaw Clinical Research, Medical Affairs, Clinical Data Management, Medical Writing, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality Assurance for oncology. She served as VP of Regulatory Affairs at QLT Inc. for oncology and ocular diseases, playing a significant role in the development of VISUDYNER from the preclinical stage through to its approval as the first drug for age-related macular degeneration. While at QLT, Ms. Mancini also led the regulatory approval process for the anticancer drug PHOTOFRINR and its associated medical devices, the first drug-device combination product approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Ms. Mancini has led the data analysis and assimilation, writing, submission and subsequent defense of drug submissions to regulatory agencies around the world, leading to several drug approvals and label extensions. Ms. Mancini holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto. She is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University.
Jeff Charpentier, CFO, Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Charpentier is a veteran of the biopharmaceutical industry with over 25 years of experience. Jeff has held a series of senior financial roles at several public and private companies in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors where he led multiple equity financings, raising in excess of $150M and concluded a number of corporate partnering/product sale transactions. Jeff previously served as CFO for Lifebank Corp. (through to successful company sale in 2012), Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation (now Arbutus Biopharma Corp.), and Chromos Molecular Systems Inc. Jeff has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC.
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