Australia's Cann Group Limited (ASX:CAN) announced on Wednesday the Office of Drug Control (ODC) has varied the licences necessary to enable activity at its Mildura medical cannabis facility.Originally to be a huge single stage project, Cann Group is developing its new medicinal cannabis production facilities near Mildura in Victoria...
A new study on the long-term effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on roundworms has been published. Here's why it has some significance.Canada's Canopy Growth announced recently announced its medical division, Spectrum Therapeutics, carried out a study focusing on toxicity and lifespan effects of CBD in Caenorhabditis elegans - roundworms. However,...
Tasmanian Greens MP Rosalie Woodruff has strongly criticised the State Government's medical cannabis Controlled Access Scheme.Introduced in 2017, the Scheme only enables medical specialists the ability to prescribe products to patients in circumstances where conventional treatments have failed. It's a seven-step process:Patient first needs to consult a...
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled member states must not prohibit the marketing of lawfully produced cannabidiol (CBD).The case in question was in relation to a situation where parties produced hemp-derived CBD in the Czech Republic that was then imported into France for use in...
Prescriptions for Bod Australia's (ASX:BDA) MediCabilis product saw a big jump in October according to the company.MediCabilis is CBD based formulation in oil and wafer form, accessible for clinical trial use and for patients in Australia through the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Approved Prescriber (AP) and Special Access Schemes...
Australian medicinal cannabis company Althea has received the tick of approval from German authorities for its products.In May this year, the company signed an agreement with Nimbus Health GmbH for Althea to supply its full range of medical cannabis products to Nimbus over a three year period. What's been...
Again demonstrating the rapid acceptance of hemp foods here, Australian Primary Hemp (ASX:APH) has secured a retail distribution arrangement with 7-Eleven Australia involving its Mt. Elephant brand snack bars.APH says Mt. Elephant hemp seed-and-nut bars will be available in more than 720 stores across Australia from late March next...
Australian medical cannabis company AusCann (ASX:AC8) has announced its intention to acquire CannPal Animal Therapeutics (ASX:CP1).After emerging from a trading halt that began last Friday, AusCann said on Monday it had entered into a scheme implementation deed to acquire 100% of CannPal for around AUD $17.5 million.CannPal is focused...
The USA's National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC) has received $200,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Market Access Program (MAP) funding.MAP funding supports agricultural trade associations, cooperatives, state regional trade groups and small businesses in the USA in overseas marketing and promotional efforts to build commercial export markets for...
A medical cannabis patient advocacy group in New Zealand is again calling for an amnesty for compassionate providers, carers and their patients.Auckland Patients Group (APG) says pharmaceutical cannabis products should not be the only way for patients to access cannabis, and an amnesty would offer a safer environment for...
