Australia's Creso Pharma Limited (ASX:CPH) has inked a distribution agreement that will see its products appear in Pakistan, the Philippines and other countries. The deal was made with Pakistan-based Route2 Pharm Pvt Ltd, which will import, market, distribute and sell Creso's hemp derived therapeutic products in the two countries under...

Australian Primary Hemp (ASX:APH) last week announced the inking of another hemp- related agreement with Woolworths. Under the agreement, APH's Mt. Elephant brand hemp and oat "mylk" will be appearing on the shelves of 165 Woolworths stores across the country from April this year. Two products will be involved -...

Australian medical cannabis company Althea (ASX:AGH) has shipped its first products to a UK distributor and a company in Germany. A supply agreement was inked by Althea and Grow Pharma Group last year involving distribution of products within the UK, which was subsequently expanded to include another two jurisdiction that...

Momentum is building towards a decision concerning legalising medical cannabis and industrial hemp in The Bahamas. The Bahamas is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic, north of Cuba. Home to around 389,000, it consists of more than 700 islands and cays. The Bahamas Prime...

Australian medical cannabis company Cann Group (ASX:CAN) went into a trading halt last Friday, and when it emerged the news wasn't good. On February 5, Cann requested a trading halt, pending an announcement to the market not related to manufacturing but to "an investigation that the Company is undertaking". On Monday...

The USA's Hemp Feed Coalition (HFC) has lodged its first submission pleading the case for hemp to become an approved animal feed ingredient. Two years in its development, the HFC's submission was lodged with the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-Center for...

New legislation introduced in the US last week seeks to create a clear legal pathway for hemp-derived cannabidiol and other hemp extracts, while also assuring quality. The status of cannabidiol is still a bit of a no-man's land in the USA while the FDA tussles with developing regulations. Last month,...

Lincoln University New Zealand based Greenlab's Australian subsidiary has inked a deal with local medical cannabis distributor Cannvalate. Greenlab, founded in 2019, carries out research and development and will be scaling up to a commercial indoor cultivation facility to manufacture novel products. The initial research focus of Greenlab's program is optimizing...

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is to acquire cannabinoid medicine manufacturer GW Pharmaceuticals for a whopping sum. Founded in 1998, GW Pharmaceuticals manufactures CBD-based Epidiolex, which is marketed under the name Epidyolex in the EU and Australia. Epidiolex was the first CBD medicine approved by the USA's FDA. Epidyolex has been approved in...

From coal to cannabis - times are certainly changing in the Western Australian town of Collie. Situated around 200 kilometres south of Perth, Collie has been Western Australia's most important coal mining town since the 1880's. But as Australia moves away from burning the problematic black rock, the future of...