Cannabinoid chewing gum with improved release of cannabinoids
A chewing gum for mucosal delivery of cannabinoids, the chewing gum being formulated as an extruded chewing gum including water-soluble chewing gum ingredients mixed into water-insoluble gum base, wherein the gum base includes one or more natural resins in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base, one or more elastomers in an amount of 3-30% by weight of the gum base, and one or more elastomer plasticizers in an amount of 8-50% by weight of the gum base, and wherein the chewing gum includes one or more cannabinoids, and wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.
1. A chewing gum for improved release of cannabinoids, the chewing gum being formulated as an extruded chewing gum comprising a chewing gum matrix of water-soluble chewing gum ingredients mixed into water-insoluble gum base, the extruded chewing gum being shaped into chewing gum pieces by rolling and scoring,
the gum base comprising one or more natural resins in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base, one or more elastomers in an amount of 3-30% by weight of the gum base, and one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomer plasticizers in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base,
wherein the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomer plasticizers is from 5,000 to 40,000 q/mol,
wherein the chewing gum matrix comprises one or more cannabinoids separated from cannabinoid plant material, and
wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids at a frequency of 60 chews per minute is at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.
2. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids at a frequency of 60 chews per minute is between 10-50% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.
3. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids at a frequency of 60 chews per minute is at most 30% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.
4. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the composition of the water-insoluble gum base.
5. The chewing gum according claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the amount of the one or more natural resins.
6. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the amount of the one or more elastomer plasticizers.
7. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the water-soluble chewing gum ingredients.
8. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the location of the one or more cannabinoids in the chewing gum.
9. The chewing gum according claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids is further comprised in an outer coating of the extruded chewing gum.
10. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of further release enhancing ingredients.
11. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids is present in unbound form.
12. The chewing gum according claim 1 , wherein the one or more elastomer plasticizers is present in an amount of 15-35% by weight of the gum base.
13. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the gum base comprises less than 50% of gum base polymers.
14. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more natural resins is present in an amount of 15-35% by weight of the gum base.
15. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids comprises one or more cannabinoids selected from the group consisting of cannabidiol (CBD), cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidivarin (CBDV), salts and derivatives thereof.
16. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids comprises one or more cannabinoids selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), salts and derivatives thereof.
17. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids comprises cannabigerol (CBG), salts and derivatives thereof.
18. The chewing gum according claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids comprises at least two cannabinoids.
19. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids is present in a pre-mixture with one or more sugar alcohols or saccharose.
20. The chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids comprises at least one water-soluble cannabinoid.
21. The chewing gum according claim 1 , wherein the chewing gum comprises a self-emulsifying agent.
22. A chewing gum for improved release of cannabinoids, the chewing gum being formulated as an extruded chewing gum comprising a chewing gum matrix of water-soluble chewing gum ingredients mixed into water-insoluble gum base,
the gum base comprising one or more natural resins in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base, one or more elastomers in an amount of 3-30% by weight of the gum base, and one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomer plasticizers in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base, the extruded chewing gum being shaped into chewing gum pieces by rolling and scoring,
wherein the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomer plasticizers is from 5,000 to 40,000 q/mol,
wherein the chewing gum matrix comprises one or more cannabinoids extracted from cannabinoid plant material, and
wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids at a frequency of 60 chews per minute is at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.
23. A chewing gum for improved release of cannabinoids, the chewing gum being formulated as an extruded chewing gum comprising a chewing gum matrix of water-soluble chewing gum ingredients mixed into water-insoluble gum base,
the gum base comprising one or more natural resins in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base, one or more elastomers in an amount of 3-30% by weight of the gum base, and one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomer plasticizers in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base,
wherein the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomer plasticizers is from 5,000 to 40,000 q/mol,
wherein the chewing gum matrix comprises one or more cannabinoids,
wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration, and
wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the composition of the water-insoluble gum base.
24. The chewing gum according claim 23 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the amount of the one or more natural resins comprised in the water-insoluble gum base.
25. The chewing gum according claim 23 , wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the amount of the one or more elastomer plasticizers comprised in the water-insoluble gum base.
26. A chewing gum for improved release of cannabinoids, the chewing gum being formulated as an extruded chewing gum comprising a chewing gum matrix of water-soluble chewing gum ingredients mixed into water-insoluble gum base,
the gum base comprising one or more natural resins in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base, one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomers in an amount of 3-30% by weight of the gum base, and one or more elastomer plasticizers in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base,
wherein the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the one or more polyvinyl acetate elastomer plasticizers is from 5,000 to 40,000 g/mol,
wherein the chewing gum matrix comprises one or more cannabinoids,
wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration, and
wherein the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is partly controlled by means of the water-soluble chewing gum ingredients.