The danger of painkillers couldn’t be ignored forever.
And it’s about time the era of opioids for painkillers comes to an end.
Enter Dr. Clemens Fischer.
His creation aims to end this addiction cycle so many are in.
“We believe that we will be the first non-opiate chronic pain treatment worldwide,” says Clemens Fischer, the founder of Munich-based pharmaceutical company Vertanical. https://t.co/S0I0sKaty2 https://t.co/aZvN1EOngX
— Forbes (@Forbes) September 16, 2025
Forbes reports:
Vertanical, the Munich-based pharmaceutical company, is developing a cannabinoid-based extract to treat chronic pain it hopes will soon become an approved medicine, first in the European Union and eventually in the United States. The drug, currently called Ver-01, is not for stoners—each dose is low enough to avoid getting most patients high, the
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