Pubdate: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 Source: Evening Standard (London, UK) Copyright: 2012 Associated Newspapers Ltd. Contact: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/914 CANNABIS CANCER TRIAL PAYMENT FOR GW GW Pharmaceuticals is to pocket an =8011.9 million (UKP9.7 million) payment after its cannabis-based medicine Sativex reached the target number of patients needed for a cancer pain trial programme. The payment - by Spanish drugmaker Almirall - comes after GW successfully bought Sativex onto the market as a prescription medicine for MS sufferers. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom