Infusion Biosciences Inc. is a biotech company focused on discovering and commercializing innovative, science based cannabis technologies.
Company
With Infusion’s breakthrough scientific discovery and technologies, the Company is positioned to be a leader in:
- Cannabis beverage/drink industry for recreational and medicinal markets
- Pharmaceutical drug development focused on water soluble cannabinoids
We have created and produced two new disruptive and foundational finished cannabis ingredients derived from our patent-pending, Aqueous Phytorecovery Process (“APP”):
Infuz2O
First truly water-soluble cannabis solution to be formulated into beverages/drinks (“Infuz2O”)
BIO-NATURAL OIL
Cannabinoid oils infused into natural edibles or transdermal delivery while retaining strain specific characteristics (“BNO”)
Team is led by
Dr. Arup Sen, CEO
Dr. Arup Sen, CEO
35+ years of experience in research and executive management positions at biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies including J&J, Biomet, GCC and Tokuyama Soda of Japan and Sandoz/Novartis
Former faculty member at the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Maryland) and at the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) focused on cancer research
Inventor on five (5) US patents and numerous international patents and pending patent applications in the fields of cancer therapeutics, bone repair biologics and devices and diagnostics
Awarded a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Princeton University
Introduction
In the exponential growth industry of cannabis, the focus to date has been on producing cannabinoids only as isolated lipids (oils). The cannabis industry is undergoing significant growth as more countries around the world legalize its use. The technology advancements in the industry have ranged from more efficient cultivations, improvements in methods of extracting oils, and developing formulations of the oils in different delivery systems to enhance their transport into blood.
The science team at Infusion Biosciences (IB) discovered water soluble forms of lipids (oils), including cannabinoids and terpenes, that naturally exist in plants. Using a patent pending process and proprietary reagents made with natural ingredients, IB now produces two unique finished ingredients from cannabis and hemp plants: Infuz2O and Bio-Natural Oil.
Our discovery parallels the history of cholesterol in humans. Before the 1980’s, cholesterol was only measured as an oil in our blood as a marker for heart health. The Nobel Prize winning discovery by Drs. Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein of naturally water soluble forms of cholesterol as low density lipoproteins (LDL/bad cholesterol) and high density lipoproteins (HDL/good cholesterol) in human blood transformed our understanding of how these oils travel through our body and affect cardiovascular health. Many other lipids are now known to exist in water soluble forms in plants and animals.
Infuz2O can be stably formulated into beverages without the use of artificial chemical or physical means to keep the cannabinoids blended in the water base. It also results in a fast onset time of less than 5 minutes, and offset within 90.
Bio-Natural Oil is the only oil produced gently and naturally for edible and skin application which is made up of cannabinoid oil molecules directly infused into one of many natural oils.
Both products retain and deliver the full entourage experience and benefits of the plant variety from which they are made, making them both one-of-a-kind!
Water Solubility
There are 2 main characteristics that define it
UNIFORMLY DISSOLVED IN WATER
A True Water Solution is formed when a “solute” (a gas, solid, or liquid substance) “dissolves” (becomes uniformly incorporated) in a “solvent”.
All parts of a solution have the same ratio of solute and solvent (no phase separation). Emulsion and Encapsulation Technologies are oil-based delivery systems which are water-compatible, but not water soluble.
READILY AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE BODY
Organisms and living cells are best equipped to take up chemicals from a true water solution which allows for immediate effects.
Water solutions do not need processing by the body to render water soluble and bioavailable.
Oil emulsions must be processed by the body in order to render them soluble and bioavailable.
Water Compatible
Water Soluble
Infusion’s APP Process gently recovers naturally water-soluble cannabis extract directly from Cannabis. It does not formulate oil into water compatible preparations
Technology development timeline
2005
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SOLUBLE MINERALS
- Initiated a concept to deliver nutritional supplements in true water solutions
- Focused on "micronutrients” — minerals, vitamins, and novel plant chemicals (various antioxidants, amino acids, and other special molecules)
2006 — 2009
DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TO PRODUCE WATER SOLUBLE MINERALS
- Completed the development of a platform of patent pending technology to produce unique water soluble minerals
First Mineral — Calcium — Enabled 2007
2007 — 2012
DEVELOPED BIOTANICAL EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY
- Continued developing processes and reagents to produce total botanical extract in water
- Hibiscus, Green Tea, Guayusa, Moringa and others
2014 — 2016
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SOLUBLE LIPID RECOVERY
- Initiated a concept of producing nutritional lipids/oils (Omega-3, EPA, DHA, etc.) in a water soluble form
- Continued the development of propertiary reagents and exploratory processes for direct recovery of full entourage of bioactives in water
Early 2016
ACHIEVED FIRST RECOVERY OF CANNABINOIDS DIRECTLY IN WATER
- Achieved first demonstration of direct production of phytochemical entourage directly in water form a typical batch of cannabis buds by medical user
Late 2016
FOUNDED INFUSION, INC.
- Founded Infusion to continue development and commercialization of water soluble cannabis
December 2016
PATENT APPLICATION FILED
- Initial patent filed in December 2016
- Patent application updated in May 2017
September 2017
FIRST COMMERCIAL PARTNER
- Signed first agreement with partner in Washington State to commercialize the APP Recovery Technology