Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 3, 2021
LEXARIA BIOSCIENCE CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
000-52138
20-2000871
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
100 – 740 McCurdy Road, Kelowna, BC Canada
V1X 2P7
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (250) 765-6424
______________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on
which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
LEXX
LEXXW
The Nasdaq Capital Market
The Nasdaq Capital Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure
On June 3, 2021, Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (“Lexaria”) announced that the processing of the drugs remdesivir and ebastine with its DehydraTECH technology proved effective in inhibiting the COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 virus using an in vitro screening assay in infected cells from the primate cell line, VERO-E6.
On June 7, 2021, Lexaria provided a progress update on its HYPER-H21-1 study confirming that its 24 human volunteers with documented pre-hypertension or mild hypertension had completed their treatment and dosing with DehydraTECH 2.0 enhanced cannabidiol formulations with blood sample analysis to commence in the following week.
On June 8, 2021, Lexaria announced the issuance of 87,935 stock awards to certain of its directors, officers, employees and consultants having an exercise price of US$7.08 and being exercisable for a period of five years.
On June 9, 2021 Lexaria provided a summary of the status of six of its current research study programs utilizing its DehydraTECH technology with a variety of active pharmaceutical ingredients, including remdesivir, ebastine, cannabidiol, ibuprofen, naproxen and nicotine.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LEXARIA BIOSCIENCE CORP.
/s/ Chris Bunka
Chris Bunka
CEO, Principal Executive Officer
Date: June 9, 2021
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