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Jay is more than just the host of All About Change podcast. He is a lawyer and international activist, who has focused his life’s work on seeking social justice by advocating for the rights of people with disabilities worldwide. On the special episode of All About Change, Mijon Zulu, the managing producer of the "All About Change" podcast, is taking over hosting duties to interview Jay Ruderman about his new book, his activist journey, and why activism is even more important today. Episode Chapters (0:00) intro (02:38) How does one choose a cause to go after? (03:33) Jay’s path to activism (07:50) Practical steps a new activist can take (09:24) Confrontation vs trolling (17:36) Learning from activists operating in different sectors (19:20) Resilience in activism (22:24) Reflections on Find Your Fight and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/ Looking for more insights into the world of activism? Be sure to check out Jay’s brand new book, Find Your Fight , in which Jay teaches the next generation of activists and advocates how to step up and bring about lasting change. You can find Find Your Fight wherever you buy your books, and you can learn more about it at www.jayruderman.com .…

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VCI Global LTD First Half 2024 Financial Results Earnings Call 6:49

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VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ:VCIG) is a diversified holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it focuses on consulting, fintech, AI, robotics, and cybersecurity. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, our main operations are centered in Asia, with significant visibility across Asia Pacific, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. VCIG primarily offers consulting services in capital markets, real estate, AI, and technology. In technology businesses, the company operates a proprietary financing platform that serves companies and individuals, as well as a secured messaging platform serving governments and organizations. We also invest, incubate, accelerate, and commercialize businesses and technologies in AI and robotics.…

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New Q&A interview with HUMBL, Inc. (OTC: HMBL) 35:20

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Brian Foote, CEO of HUMBL, individually shares his perspectives on recent developments and the Company's ongoing business operations. Moreover, he will deliver a Q&A of top questions raised by shareholders to the Company’s new investor relations firm SmallCapVoice.com, underscoring the Company’s commitment to transparent communication and engagement with its investor community. “We are deeply focused on the HUMBL Wallet for private and public sector clients and are underway on work in both segments in areas such as sports leagues and municipal government. We look forward to sharing routine progress and investor relations updates with our HUMBL Community via SmallCapVoice.com,” said Brian Foote, CEO of HUMBL. “We’re pleased to begin these quarterly shareholder Q&A updates to do so.”…

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OTC : ITOX August, 29th Investor Conference Call 20:48

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Cliff Emmons, CEO of IIOT-OXYS, Inc. (Oxys) stated, "We're pleased to announce the first half year of revenue in 2023 was a significant improvement over the same period in 2022 (an increase of 376%) and sustained the revenue momentum achieved throughout 2022. We expect this momentum achieved in the first half of 2023 will continue through the remainder of 2023 - given adequate funding to fuel sales & marketing efforts. Our leadership team also managed costs well, lowering operating expenses by 24%. Our strong six months revenue and our confidence this momentum will continue through 2023, and beyond, are based on the following factors: Our current DOT Bridge Monitoring Contract and overall Structural Health Monitoring ("SHM") vertical is the foundation of our revenue momentum. The current monitoring revenue will continue through the second half of 2023, with the previously approved expansion to continue beyond June. We believe our discussions with our main contractor to the DOT for extensions and expansions have been favorable. We also believe that prospects with our current DOT state, and DOT contacts in two other northeast states bode well for future business in mid-2024. There is still potential for local municipalities in our current northeast state to contribute revenue in the second half of 2023 and into 2024. Our Smart Manufacturing vertical is benefiting from the progress on our CNC Proof of Concept ("POC"), that successfully concluded in May 2023, and has resulted in a signed Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") contract in June 2023. Public endorsements and promotional videos have begun and more are forthcoming featuring our Smart Manufacturing customer, Precision Metal Products Inc. We believe these endorsements and promotional videos will lead to other paid CNC POCs and additional SaaS contracts, which would contribute to revenue in the second half of 2023 and beyond. It is expected these endorsements will also strengthen our position to secure additional POCs for other discrete manufacturing processes, including metal stamping, plastic injection molding, plastic extrusion, and automated assembly and test. Our Strategic Partnership development continues to be a "force multiplier" for us. The strength of our Aingura IIoT, S.L. partnership provides supplemental expertise, equipment and software, which ensures we continue to bring value to our customers. We will also continue to develop some of our other previously announced partnerships. We believe that our business development in these industries has high potential for success, due to the strength of their size and growth. The global smart manufacturing (also known as Industry 4.0) was $97.6 billion in 2022 and will reach $228.3 billion by 2027 (CAGR 18.5%),1 and the worldwide SHM industry was $2.0 billion in 2021 and will reach $4.0 billion by 2027 (CAGR of 14.6%).2 Among our many tailwinds, we do some headwinds. First, we have decided to discontinue our efforts with Aretas Sensor Networks ("Aretas") in the Indoor Air Quality ("IAQ") vertical and re-direct those resources to our better performing verticals. The second significant headwind is, since February, we have been unable to raise funds for ongoing operations through our existing financing agreements due to market conditions. Our CEO and COO have not received any compensation since mid-April (their salaries have accrued), and the lack of funds have significantly limited sales and marketing efforts. Our management is working to secure funding from our lead investor to pay for ongoing expenses and the leadership team is considering many options for both the short and long term. These options will depend largely upon our ability to continue to raise funds and implement a marketing and sales plan. In the event we are unable to raise adequate funds, management may need to consider other options such as pursuing suitable companies to merge with or acquire us. Overall,…

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New Interview with Grid Battery Metals Inc. 10:52

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SmallCapVoice.com Inc, is thrilled to announce the availability of an exclusive interview featuring Tim Fernback, the CEO of Grid Battery Metals (TSXV: CELL) (OTCQB: EVKRF) (FRA: NMK2), as he delves into the exciting prospects of nickel and lithium in the rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) and battery sectors. Grid Battery Metals, a pioneering company, is strategically positioned in the battery metals market, with a strong focus on nickel and lithium. As the demand for EVs and battery technologies soars, both nickel and lithium are projected to experience significant growth over the next decade. In the insightful interview, Tim Fernback share how as the world transitions towards sustainable energy solutions, the demand for electric vehicles and energy storage systems is escalating. Nickel and lithium play crucial roles in advancing these technologies, and Grid Battery Metals is capitalizing on this opportunity by concentrating its efforts on these two essential battery metals. Tim then goes on to explain the connection between Grid Battery Metals and their partner, Surge Battery Metals (TSXV:NILI)(OTC PINK:NILIF)(FRA:DJ5C). Under Tim Fernback's visionary leadership, Grid Battery Metals has established itself as a leading player in the battery metals market. By honing in on nickel and lithium, the company is poised to meet the burgeoning demand for these metals, which are essential for the future of the EV and battery industries, through their 4 projects; Texas Spring, Clayton Valley, Grid Nickel, and Volt Canyon. The 2 nickel projects are located near FPX. Grid Nickel is of extra special interest, and Tim goes on to explain the abundance of awaruite, which is a naturally occurring nickel-iron alloy important in the manufacturing of environmentally efficient batteries for the electric vehicle markets globally. Tim continues to discuss company goals, including the recent shareholder update released by the company. The update included key highlights like a nickel project in British Columbia completing and the beginning of a lithium project at the Texas Spring and the Volt Canyon projects, both located in Nevada. Among other stated goals, Tim concludes by stating the company hopes to be ready for the 2024 drilling season. The interview concludes discussing the companies balance sheets and sustainability in the current economic state of both the US and Canada. “We’re really well funded,” Tim states, “we just completed two financings for the company and we have over $4.5 million in just cash related working capital on our balance sheet.” Tim goes on to explain the additional capital on hand from the sale of property to Surge Battery Metals.…

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New Interview with the Leadership of Luminar Media Group, Inc. 13:30

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The Leadership of Luminar Media Group, Inc. Discuss the Business Plan and Science Behind Their Ultra-Premium, Top-Shelf Vodka in Audio Interview with SmallCapVoice.com Royale de Monte Carlo, headquartered in Miami, Florida, is an ultra-premium, icy cool, and deliciously smooth vodka sure to give long-lasting euphoric pleasure to any palate it graces. Created and produced by fifth generation master distillers located in the heart of the world-famous Cognac region of France, Royale de Monte Carlo was voted as the "World's Most Prestigious Vodka". https://royaledemontecarlo.com/ Experience the joy of royalty with every sip of Royale de Monte Carlo, and relish in its remarkable tasting notes. Boasting a pure, odorless profile with a refined, exotic finish, this transcendent vodka offers subtle hints of corduroy, cognac barrel, and slate, with undertones of grain mash and husk. Its silky-smooth texture, enhanced by nanotechnology, exudes a sweet, moderately grainy taste, culminating in a dry, intense finale featuring magnificent notes of champagne.…

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Nightfood June 2023 Conference Call 25:12

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Nightfood CEO Sean Folkson provides updates on hotel distribution, recently initiated hotel and airline tests of Nightfood cookies as amenities, and answer investor questions. Nightfood is pioneering the category of sleep-friendly nighttime snacks. Over 80% of Americans snack regularly at night, resulting in an estimated 700 million nighttime snack occasions weekly, and an annual spend on night snacks of over $50 billion. The most popular choices are ice cream, cookies, chips, and candy. Recent research confirms such snacks, in addition to being generally unhealthy, can impair sleep, partly due to excess fat, sugar, and calories consumed before bed. Nightfood’s sleep-friendly snacks are formulated by sleep and nutrition experts to contain less of those sleep-disruptive ingredients, along with a focus on ingredients and nutrients that research suggests can support nighttime relaxation and better sleep quality. The brand is focused on establishing widespread national distribution of Nightfood ice cream, cookies, and other snack formats in the high-margin hotel vertical. In March, 2023, Nightfood announced Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, the 8th largest hotel company in the United States, launched Nightfood ice cream into multiple Sonesta chains. Also in March, the Company announced its status as a Qualified Vendor of Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors. Nightfood ice cream pints can be found in select locations of chains such as Sonesta, Courtyard by Marriott, Holiday Inn Express, Springhill Suites, Hyatt Place, Fairfield Inn & Suites and many more. Hotels are increasingly focused on supporting guest wellness, and one way to do that is by offering healthier and sleep-friendly snacks in their grab-and-go lobby shops. With an estimated 56,000 hotels across the United States, expanding distribution into a significant number of those hotels is expected to lead to profitability, consumer adoption of the nighttime snack category, and a strategically defensible position from which category leadership can be maintained. Questions can be directed to investors@Nightfood.com By signing up at ir.nightfood.com, investors can receive updates of filings and news releases in their inbox.…

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SCV Interview with Bruce Rintoul of SusGlobal Energy Corp. 13:39

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SmallCapVoice.com Inc. (“SCV”) announces the availability of an interview with Bruce Rintoul, a key member of the SusGlobal Energy Corp. (OTCQB: SNRG) ("SusGlobal" or the "Company")Board of Directors, to discuss his work with the environmental, agricultural and industrial biotechnology company. SusGlobal Energy Corp., the developer of SusGro™, an award winning and revolutionary pathogen free organic liquid fertilizer, is an environmental, agricultural and industrial biotechnology company focused on acquiring, developing, and monetizing a portfolio of proprietary technologies in the waste to energy and regenerative product applications globally. It is management's objective to grow SusGlobal into a significant sustainable waste to energy and regenerative products provider and a trusted brand for the fertilizer, soil and aquaculture market, as LEADERS IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY®. For more information, please visit the SusGlobal website, Twitter and Facebook pages.…

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OTC:ITOX May 3, 2023 Investor Conference Call 24:32

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Cliff Emmons, CEO of IIOT-OXYS, Inc. (Oxys) stated, "We're pleased to announce, as promised, 2022 revenue exceeded 2021, doing so by more than seven-fold. This is the highest annual revenue since the negative impacts of the COVID pandemic. Also, as promised, revenue in the second half of 2022 exceeded that in the first half. Furthermore, fourth quarter revenue exceeded third quarter revenue, marking three consecutive quarters of increasing revenue. Our leadership team also managed costs well, lowering operating expenses by 17%, and professional expenses were reduced by 47%. There were several factors that led to this strong growth in 2022, including the following: Our Department of Transportation (DOT) Bridge Monitoring contract: We were awarded a six-figure sub-contract from a major northeast state's DOT for bridge monitoring, in addition to the extension that was given on the previous contract. This project will continue to contribute a strong revenue stream through mid-2023, and we're confident our performance will yield further extensions and expansions in the second half of the year. Our continued focus on our Smart Manufacturing vertical enabled us to secure a CNC Proof of Concept (POC) contract in December 2022. The POC successfully kicked off in January 2023, is concluding next month, and is already yielding results that are impressing our customer. We expect a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) contract to follow which we expect to contribute to revenue by the second half of 2023. The ongoing strength of our strategic partnership with Aingura IIoT, S.L., which provides supplemental expertise, equipment and software, ensuring we continue to bring value to our customers. Our partnership with a Canadian Indoor Air Quality Sensor and IIoT Platform company continues to progress well, and our retail sales efforts are beginning to show results. Looking forward through 2023 and beyond, and as previously stated, we believe this is a transition year from "surviving" to "thriving". It is anticipated that 2023 YoY revenue growth will meet or exceed that of 2022. This will be accomplished through our partnerships, successful pilots, experienced leadership, and savvy technological talent. These capabilities will allow us to leverage our high potential growth markets: the global smart manufacturing (also known as Industry 4.0) was $97.6 B USD in 2022 and will reach $228.3 B USD by 2027 (CAGR 18.5%);[1] the worldwide Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) industry was $2.0 billion USD in 2021 and will reach $4.0 billion USD by 2027 (CAGR of 14.6%).[2] ; an Indoor Air Quality Monitors, which was estimated at $3.7 billion USD in 2020 and projected to reach $6.4 billion USD in 2027, growing at 8.2% CAGR.[3] By executing on these promises, we believe these revenue goals are achievable."…

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New Interview Featuring International Endeavors Corp. 9:08

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International Endeavors Corporation ("IEC") is a technology holdings company focused on Clean Energy, Crypto, and A.I. Specializing in solar technology, battery storage, as well as clean energy crypto mining options for both on & off grid. We're currently implementing EV2G / Bi-directional charging options, thus allowing you to use your electric vehicle as a means of a backup battery, or to sell power back to the grid. In 2022 IDVV started to offer its clients a Clean Energy Crypto mining solution. Our Plug-n-Play mining rigs can be installed in existing or current systems and allows the option to sell power back to the grid or mine crypto currency with any power surplus. In 2023 We acquired WITech and SF Corp as part of an expansion into the AI Sector. We are incorporating AI technology into our crypto offerings, and developing a platform for AI Content Marketing. The Company currently is reporting its financial information on OTCMarkets. Our filings can be seen at https://www.otcmarkets.com…

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New CEO Interview Featuring Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. 16:37

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SmallCapVoice.com Inc. (“SCV”) announces the availability of an interview with Jonathan Bates, chairman and CEO of BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (OTC PINK:BMNR) (“the Company”), a technology company specialized in immersion technology for bitcoin mining. With immersion technology, servers run fully submerged in a dielectric fluid that efficiently cools the machines. Removing heat in this manner allows for superior machine output and energy efficiency compared to conventional mining processes, ultimately improving yield and margins. Speaking with SCV’s Stuart Smith, Bates provides an intriguing look at BitMine, which is likely the first specifically branded immersion public company, before diving into the state of the bitcoin industry and where the Company fits in. “This is the future of mining. A lot of bigger companies ... have been touting their newly found expertise in immersion. Our team has been doing this for five years, even though this company is new,” Bates says. As discussed in the interview, his confidence in the Company and his team is further demonstrated by management’s decision to work for equity rather than draw a salary. The interview also highlights BitMine’s recent milestones, operational goals for 2023, and other points of interest for the investment community. “We represent a thematic play in the most cutting-edge version of bitcoin mining itself. Outside of the futures for bitcoin and ETFs, it’s the miners that are the public market representation,” he says. “Our play is a peripheral, smaller, potentially, ideally more upside way to thematically play bitcoin … If you line us up against the other miners, our marketcap is a lot smaller - thinner float and such - but I think we've got a lot of potential upside there.”…

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Nightfood March 2023 Conference Call 32:50

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Nightfood Teams Up With Sonesta International Hotels Corporation to Offer Sleep-Friendly Snacks Across Multiple Hotel Brands Eighth Largest Hotel Company in the US Launching Nightfood in Sonesta Select, Sonesta ES Suites and Sonesta Simply Suites Managed Properties Nightfood is pioneering the category of sleep-friendly nighttime snacking. Over 80% of Americans snack regularly at night, resulting in an estimated 700 million nighttime snack occasions weekly, and an annual spend on night snacks of over $50 billion. The most popular choices are ice cream, cookies, chips, and candy. Recent research confirms such snacks, in addition to being generally unhealthy, can impair sleep, partly due to excess fat and sugar consumed before bed. Nightfood’s sleep-friendly snacks are formulated by sleep and nutrition experts to contain less of those sleep-disruptive ingredients, along with a focus on ingredients and nutrients that research suggests can support nighttime relaxation and better sleep quality. The brand is currently focused on establishing widespread national distribution of Nightfood ice cream, cookies, and other snack formats in the hotel vertical. Hotels are increasingly focused on supporting guest wellness. The Company believes one important way for hotels to do that is by offering sleep-friendly snacks in their grab-and-go lobby shops. With an estimated 56,000 hotels across the United States, expanding distribution into a significant number of those hotels is expected to lead to profitability, consumer adoption of the nighttime snack category, and a strategically defensible position from which category leadership can be maintained. Questions can be directed to investors@Nightfood.com By signing up at ir.nightfood.com, investors can receive updates of filings and news releases in their inbox.…

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SmallCapVoice. com Interview with Susglobal Energy Corp. 14:06

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SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. (“SCV”) today announces the availability of a new interview with Marc Hazout, president and CEO of SusGlobal Energy Corp. (OTCQB: SNRG) (“the Company”), to highlight a strategic appointment to its board of directors and recap significant corporate achievements. As Leaders in the Circular Economy ®, SusGlobal is focused on reducing greenhouse gases and diverting organic waste streams from landfills, processing them into regenerative products such as fertilizer. Management’s mission is to grow the Company into a significant sustainable waste-to-energy and regenerative products provider and a trusted brand for fertilizer, soil, and aquaculture market. To this accord, SusGlobal recently welcomed to its board of directors Bruce Rintoul, former senior vice president of operations of Veolia North America, where he led the transformation of U.S. and Canadian energy generation, water/wastewater management, hazardous waste, and environmental service businesses through operational and financial successes that resulted in the divestment of several Veolia businesses in North America. Speaking to SCV’s Stuart Smith, Hazout explains the significance of his spot on SusGlobal’s board. “Bruce is a very seasoned director. He's ICD designated, so that's important for the company; he's an independent director, so that's important too, certainly for our prospective uplifting,” he states. “Veolia is one of the biggest operators in North America – with a $20 billion market cap - in terms of these types of facilities. So, Bruce's addition, of course, will create significant shareholder value. There's no doubt in my mind, certainly with the direction we're going...we believe that this validates everything that we've been saying, and that is the intrinsic value of our environmental compliance approval licenses.” The interview is chock full of additional information pertinent for existing and potential shareholders, such as the Company’s endorsement from Hall of Fame golfer Ernie Els and how his role as brand ambassador further supports the Company’s expansion initiatives, its progress toward uplisting to the Nasdaq, and more.…

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Interview with Rick Toussaint CEO and Chairman of Principal Solar 11:31

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Principal Solar, Inc (OTC: PSWW) is a strategic investor in and acquirer of organizations and technologies that support next-generation opportunities in traditional, renewable, and clean energy sectors as well as an acquirer and operator of undervalued petroleum-producing properties. For further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.pswwenergy.com.…

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New SmallCapVoice.com Interview with Dinewise, Inc. 10:49

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SmallCapVoice.com Inc. (“SCV”) announces the availability of a new interview with Christina Moore, director of PawnTrust, a Dinewise Inc. (OTC:DWIS) company. Along with an impending name and ticker symbol change to reflect its focus, PawnTrust is fine-tuning its operations to disrupt the global pawn shop market. Speaking with SCV’s Stuart Smith, Moore explains how PawnTrust evolved from its financing origins to also become a data intelligence platform in the pawn and microlending vertical, a model under which the company achieved revenue growth of 400% in 2022 and could see revenues of more than $10 million in the year ahead. As part of its expansion, Pawn Trust is adding experienced members to its management team and building a base of partner pawn shops and helping them pivot from their antiquated methods to grow their sales and market reach through PawnTrust’s digital marketplace. “We look to have 1,000 pawn partners in 2023 and help them generate at least $120,000 in incremental sales per year by being on the Pawn Trust marketplace,” Moore says. “By doing that, which is very conservative, Pawn Trust will create revenue in excess of $10 million. At PawnTrust, we just throw the party. We bring the buyers and sellers together and we make our revenue through a fee that is charged to the pawn shop monthly. PawnTrust is a perfect example of necessity, meeting creativity.”…

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(NASDAQ: CMND) Audio Interview with SmallCapVoice.com 18:19

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SmallCapVoice.com Inc. (“SCV”) announces the availability of a new interview with Dr. Adi Zuloff-Shani, CEO of Clearmind Medicine Inc. (NASDAQ: CMND) (CSE: CMND) (FWB: CWY), to discuss the biotech company’s use of non-hallucinogenic psychedelic compounds to treat physical and mental health, including addiction. Clearmind’s intellectual portfolio consists of seven patent families. Its lead candidate, CMND-100, is derived from 5-methoxy-2-aminoindane (MEAI), a psychoactive molecule that exerts a euphoric alcohol-like experience and a reduced desire to consume alcohol. CMND-100 is headed for clinical trials in early 2023 as a potential treatment for alcohol-use disorder (AUD), and Clearmind is also exploring the use of its MEAI-based compound to treat cocaine addiction and depression. Earlier this month, Clearmind was granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the use of its proprietary MEAI as an alcoholic beverage substitute. Speaking with SCV’s Stuart Smith, Dr. Zuloff-Shani explains the global need for such treatment. “The number of alcoholics is striking,” she says. “We're talking about millions around the world. Alcohol consumption contributes to 3 million deaths each year globally. It is the third leading, preventable cause of death in the U.S. and the yearly cost is enormous – around $200-$250 billion and that’s in 2010.” Despite the statistics, Dr. Zuloff-Shani says that existing treatment options in this largely underserved market are largely ineffective. “You would think that a huge problem probably has a lot of treatments to offer,” she explains. “But it’s just the opposite. Since 1950, only three treatments were approved by the FDA. I cannot say that any of them are very effective or have no adverse events associated with it.” In pre-clinical studies, however, MEAI has demonstrated promising efficacy in individuals who struggle with alcohol, helping to break the addiction cycle. Clearmind’s interest in the component came from the testimonials of people who purchased it to better manage their alcohol consumption. As Dr. Zuloff-Shani explains in the interview, Clearmind paid attention to those experiences and the company selling the MEAI component online. Convinced of MEIA’s potential as a safe treatment option, it then acquired certain worldwide patents of MEAI used that information as an entry point for its own compound. Now, Clearmind is working on an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the FDA as it advances toward clinical studies of MEAI next year. “Usually when you develop a compound, you start from the other direction. You have an idea. You develop a compound and then you go to petri dishes and to animals, and finally you walk that you will have the same signal as, as you had in animals and in petri dishes in humans,” explains Dr. Zuloff-Shani. “Here, we are just doing the reverse process. We understand [MEAI] has the potential to be effective and safe … we decided that we want to do it in a safe place and take the FDA route.” Smith then shifts the conversation toward Clearmind’s most recent developments and the strength of its management team, staff and scientific advisory board. Dr. Zuloff-Shani describes the structure of Clearmind’s operations and how it benefits corporate objectives and overhead. “We have a very impressive staff in the company,” says Dr. Zuloff-Shani, who is well-versed in navigating regulatory pathways through her more than 20 years of experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. “We don't have a lot of people, and this is by choice. We prefer to work in outsourcing because that enables us to manage our expenses better. On the other hand, it allows us to really collaborate in every field that we are dealing with.” The interview concludes with what Clearmind expects to achieve in the New Year and how it plans to overcome the challenges associated with advancing toward clinical trials.…

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