A University of South Australia study of Medlab Clinical's Nanabis formulation and delivery system has returned favourable bioavailability results. NanaBis contains 1:1 ratios of CBD and THC in a sub-micron spray applied to the inside of the cheek using Medlab's NanoCelle system. Medlab says the tiny size of the particles...

Starting Friday, medical cannabis patients in the US state of Virginia will have less red tape to contend with. Under Virginia's medical marijuana program, currently patients present a Written Certification from a doctor, Board Registration and government-issued ID at a dispensary to obtain medical cannabis products. This has been cumbersome...

Will medical cannabis company Bod be the first to launch a low-dose CBD product available without prescription in Australia? In theory, it has been legal to buy certain cannabidiol (CBD) medicines without a prescription in Australia as Schedule 3 (Pharmacist Only) products since February 2021. This came into effect after...

Switzerland's Federal Council has decided to cut some of the red tape surrounding medical cannabis access in that country. Up to this point in Switzerland, cannabis medicines containing more than one per cent tetrahydrocannabinol are generally banned and prescription approval needs to be provided by the Federal Office of Public...

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards' pen had a good workout on Tuesday, with the signing of a bunch of bills from the 2022 Regular Legislative Session. Among the 97 bills signed were at least 7 directly relating to cannabis, including: ACT 438—HB 135: Authorizes dispensing of medical marijuana to certain...

A legal challenge has resulted in the reversal of an order that removed hundreds of medical cannabis vaping products in Pennsylvania. In February this year, regulators in Pennsylvania recalled hundreds of medical marijuana vaping products after a statewide review; alleging they contained ingredients not approved for inhalation. "Although some of...

New Zealand's Helius Therapeutics is teaming up with local biotechnology company Greenlab on medicinal cannabis genetic development and breeding. Helius was the first medicinal cannabis company in New Zealand to achieve GMP certification and be awarded a Licence to Manufacture Medicines. It has an 8,800 square-metre integrated facility in Auckland...

Australia's ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS)  has outlined its game plan for focusing its operations entirely on medicinal cannabis. ECS Botanics has its fingers in a number of cannabis pies currently, ranging from hemp foods and wellness to medicinal applications - and it's the latter that company wants to put its efforts...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is continuing to push ahead on medical cannabis, making good on a couple of important initial steps he committed to. In late April we reported Governor Beshear was becoming increasingly frustrated with the pace of change in Kentucky and lawmakers' failure to act on making medical...

It's looking as though patients in Alabama still have a lengthy wait before they'll be able to get access to medical cannabis in their state. The situation in Alabama to this point: Very limited access was provided under “Carly’s Law”  in 2014, which permitted the University of Alabama at Birmingham to...