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DOYLESTOWN, Pa., March 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kannalife, Inc. (Kannalife or the Company) (KLFE), a biopharmaceutical med-chem company specializing in the research and development of potent novel monotherapeutics, announced today that the Company has been issued Australian Patent AU2015204609B2 (the Patent) specific to Novel Functionalized 1,3-Benzene Diols and their Method of Use for the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy. This patent grant marks the seventh patent that Kannalife has received to date on a worldwide basis.

Under the Patent, Kannalife will further explore the application and potential of new molecular entities (NMEs) across epilepsy, neuropathic pain, traumatic head injury, stroke, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Post Cardiac Arrest Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Epileptic Encephalopathy, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Australias pharma market is expected to reach $32.1 billion in 2020, according to data from research and consulting firm GlobalData.1

"We are pleased to see our IP estate recognized in Australia as novel and proprietary. We see this as an important first step towards commercializing our lead drug candidate KLS-13019 in that market in thefuture," said Dean Petkanas, CEO of Kannalife.

KLS-13019 leads Kannalifes intellectual property estate of novel, monotherapeutic molecules (KLS Family), which are capable of acting as neuroprotective agents and have the potential to treat a range of diseases, including nervous system, oxidative stress, and neurodegenerative disorders.

Of the seven patents issued to Kannalife on this technology, two are U.S. patents and five are foreign patents claiming priority to Kannalifes original 2014 U.S. filing date through international application PCT/US2015/010827, which was published as WO2015/106108A2 titled, "Novel Functionalized 1,3-Benzene Diols and their Method of Use for the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy (the PCT Patent). The seven patents consist of AU2015204609B2, and the following six patents:

The Company recently completed a STTR phase 1 study funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Healths National Institute on Drug Abuse. The study was performed in an animal model to evaluate the potential use of KLS-13019 as a potent, non-opioid alternative monotherapeutic in the prevention and reversal of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).

Kannalife also has national phase patent applications based on the PCT Patent application pending in Canada, Brazil and India.

About KLS-13019KLS-13019 is Kannalifes leading proprietary, investigational, novel, monotherapeutic product for the potential treatment of a range of neurodegenerative and neuropathic pain disorders, beginning with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). KLS-13019 has not been reviewed or approved for patient use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or any other healthcare authority in the world. Its safety and efficacy have not been confirmed by FDA-approved research.

About Kannalife, Inc.Kannalife, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical med-chem company focused on the development of proprietary and patented novel monotherapeutic molecules for patients suffering from unmet medical needs of neurodegenerative disorders - including chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a chronic neuropathy caused by toxic chemotherapeutic agents; hepatic encephalopathy (HE), a neurotoxic brain-liver disorder caused by excessive concentrations of ammonia and ethanol in the brain; mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), a disorder associated with single and repetitive impact injuries; and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease associated with highly repetitive impact injuries in professional and amateur sports.

The Company's KLS Family of proprietary molecules focuses on treating oxidative stress-related diseases such as HE, chronic pain from neuropathies like CIPN, and neurodegenerative diseases like CTE. Kannalife conducts its research and development efforts at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County in Doylestown, PA.

For more information about Kannalife, Inc., visit http://www.kannalife.com and visit the Companys Twitter page at @Kannalife.

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References1. Drug Development & Deliver. Australias Pharma Sector to Grow to $32.1 Billionhttps://drug-dev.com/australias-pharma-sector-to-grow-to-32-1-billion/

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