Oast House Brand
Found across Kent and Sussex the Oast House iconic structure captures the sense of importance the hop plant plays for the rural communities. These building-sized hop drying machines are quintessential landmarks of the southern countryside. The beautiful architecture and functional design represent Oast House Botanical's love of innovative design, the botanical industry and the 'Garden of England'.
Historically many working class Londoners who could not a afford a holiday as we recognise it today, would travel down to Kent on a working holiday to pick hops. Joan (founder's nan) would hang hops up in the house and following the traditional belief that hung hops bring prosperity.
Humulus lupulus are part of the cannabaceae family and have a cousin plant Cannabis sativa. The company GW Pharmaceuticals was able to lay down roots and for the first time legally grow drug variety cannabis in Kent in the 90s. Bringing an unexpected return to fame for the Cannabaceae family to Kent.
Mission & Vision
Oast House Botanicals is a hub of experts with an unparalled track record that spans all the way across the botanical drug development process. This collective also includes manufacturing and equipment suppliers spanning the supply chain.
This collective's mission is to bring a renaissance of botanical drugs through INDs/NDAs made to GMP standards. Our flexible approach enables anyone in the botanical industry to integrate with Oast House Botanicals as long as your standards are of the highest quality.
Founder
ngEarly life
At the time the government sacked Professor David Nutt who was the chairman of the government's independent advisory council on drugs, after he gave scientific evidence challenging the demonisation of cannabis. Other influential figures such as Lester Grinspoon and Leslie Iverson further inspired Dan convincing him there was a legitimate movement coming from within the scientific establishment that was set to change the world.
Career
Dan studied at both the University of Exeter and Imperial College London pursuing a BSc and MRes in drug discovery and development principles. He attended a talk by GW Pharmaceutical's first employee David Potter at Darwin House (London). David gave an impassioned talk where he unveiled a cannabis plant out of an armoured suitcase. Dan knew he wanted to work with trailblazers like David and was proud to see some progression of the medical cannabis movement on home soil.
Working as process chemist at GW Pharmaceuticals in Kent. Dan poured his passion into becoming a world expert in botanical drug development. Turning his hand to a plethora of processing techniques and advancing the pre-clinical strategy, the sky was the limit. Becoming an influential creative innovators in the department seeing the potential beyond single molecule drug susbtances. Pioneering technology to enable the production of custom botanical profiles signifies an important step towards developing a botanical medicinal chemistry strategy. Rationally designed botanical drugs with best-in-class chemical profiles are the fuel for ambitious pipelines, improving the power of these medicines and the intellectual property. A new golden age in botanical drug development has been catalysed by novel regulatory pathways and a reimagining of how a medicinal chemist approaches botanical drug development.
Working internationally with passionate like-minded individuals culminated into the Oast House Botanicals company that facilitates the intermixing of ambitious world experts in botanical science.