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Canada puts forward new proposals for cannabis product regulations

Written by Freddie Dawson | 16th January 2019

The Canadian government has released proposed regulations for additional products containing cannabis-derived ingredients, including food items, beverages, extracts and topicals ...

New Congress, new outlook for the legal status of cannabis

Written by CannIntelligence | 3rd January 2019

The US Congress is expected to address the legal situation of CBD and cannabis during the upcoming congressional session, according to a number of experts interviewed by CBD-Intel ...

Canadian company threatened with loss of its medical cannabis licence

Written by CannIntelligence | 13th December 2018

A Canadian company is facing the prospect of losing its licence to produce and sell cannabis products. It would mark the first time Health Canada has revoked a licence since the country began regulating medical...

US vape company takes a ‘natural’ step into the CBD business

Written by CannIntelligence | 12th December 2018

Turning Point Brands, one of America’s largest smokeless tobacco and vapour companies, has taken a minority stake in Canadian American Standard Hemp, a company dedicated to CBD products ...

Tobacco giant looks to the future with $1.8bn stake in cannabis company

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th December 2018

US tobacco giant Altria has bought a 45% stake in Canadian cannabis company the Cronos Group, with the option to take a majority 55% stake within the next four years ...

Wayland agrees to take 51% share in UK medical cannabis company

Written by Freddie Dawson | 6th December 2018

Canadian medical cannabis company Wayland Group has agreed to purchase 51% of the British firm Theros Pharma for £27.8m – if it succeeds in gaining a UK cultivation or import licence ...

US federal government soliciting information for CBD research

Written by CannIntelligence | 22nd November 2018

Securing cannabis supplies for research purposes is the focus of an information request from the US federal government. They are asking businesses about the ability to analyse, produce, and even distribute cannabis products for research....

Medical cannabis firms invest in Europe, Americans look to expand

Written by Freddie Dawson | 15th November 2018

Investment in Europe continues as companies in the medical cannabis sector anticipate further loosening of regulations. In the pure-CBD sector, two American firms are eyeing expansion ...

CBD treatments on the way as FDA grants 20th ‘orphan drug’ designation

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th November 2018

The number of cannabidiol-based pharmaceutical products in the pipeline continues to grow, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granting yet another orphan drug designation for CBD ...

Companies link up to produce and distribute soluble CBD strips

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th November 2018

Two North American companies have announced collaborations with established drug delivery firms to produce and expand distribution for oral CBD strips – soluble strips that dissolve in the mouth ...

Ukraine provides licence for Canadians C21 to enter Europe

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th November 2018

Canadian company C21 Investments has been issued a licence to import finished CBD products as well as raw extracts and concentrates into Ukraine ...

Don’t judge cannabis by THC/CBD content alone, say scientists

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st November 2018

Many cannabis strains marketed as distinct are in fact chemically much the same, but there may also be non-obvious differences and their effects on humans should not be judged purely on THC and CBD content,...

Day One for Canada – the first step into a brave new world

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th October 2018

Canada’s cannabis age has officially dawned, with some CBD products as well as the plant itself becoming legal for retail and personal possession ...

Kathy and Chloe climb aboard the celebrity CBD train

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th October 2018

A former supermodel and a vegan food retailer are the latest famous names to team up with CBD producers to create new American brands ...

Emerald Health prepares to sort the CBD from the chaff

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th October 2018

Canadian company Emerald Health Therapeutics is set to sign a deal to use an extraction facility capable of processing 1000 tonnes of biomass to produce 600m softgel CBD capsules a year ...

Medical cannabis company lands in hot water with sexy ‘nurses’

Written by Freddie Dawson | 1st October 2018

A Canadian company has come under regulatory scrutiny and lost a major business deal after it attempted to recruit new medical cannabis users at a dance club party using scantily clad women in nurses’ uniforms...

Plan to create micro-organisms that will make cannabinoids in lab

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th September 2018

Rare cannabinoids that cannot practically be extracted from hemp will instead be manufactured by specially-created micro-organisms in a partnership between a Canadian and a US company ...

Canadian TGOD takes over Polish CBD producer in $15m deal

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd August 2018

A Polish CBD company has been acquired by a publicly traded Canadian medicinal cannabis company in a cash-and-shares deal worth more than $15m USD plus future incentives ...

Pharmaceutical firm to breeze into vaping by buying e-liquid and hemp oil business

Written by CannIntelligence | 22nd November 2017

Isodiol International, a Canadian-based pharmaceutical producer, is to enter the vaping industry through the acquisition of US e-liquid firm Bradley’s Bioscience ...

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Canada puts forward new proposals for cannabis product regulations

Written by Freddie Dawson | 16th January 2019

New Congress, new outlook for the legal status of cannabis

Written by CannIntelligence | 3rd January 2019

Canadian company threatened with loss of its medical cannabis licence

Written by CannIntelligence | 13th December 2018

US vape company takes a ‘natural’ step into the CBD business

Written by CannIntelligence | 12th December 2018

Tobacco giant looks to the future with $1.8bn stake in cannabis company

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th December 2018

Wayland agrees to take 51% share in UK medical cannabis company

Written by Freddie Dawson | 6th December 2018

US federal government soliciting information for CBD research

Written by CannIntelligence | 22nd November 2018

Medical cannabis firms invest in Europe, Americans look to expand

Written by Freddie Dawson | 15th November 2018

CBD treatments on the way as FDA grants 20th ‘orphan drug’ designation

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th November 2018

Companies link up to produce and distribute soluble CBD strips

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th November 2018

Ukraine provides licence for Canadians C21 to enter Europe

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th November 2018

Don’t judge cannabis by THC/CBD content alone, say scientists

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st November 2018

Day One for Canada – the first step into a brave new world

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th October 2018

Kathy and Chloe climb aboard the celebrity CBD train

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th October 2018

Emerald Health prepares to sort the CBD from the chaff

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th October 2018

Medical cannabis company lands in hot water with sexy ‘nurses’

Written by Freddie Dawson | 1st October 2018

Plan to create micro-organisms that will make cannabinoids in lab

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th September 2018

Canadian TGOD takes over Polish CBD producer in $15m deal

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd August 2018

Pharmaceutical firm to breeze into vaping by buying e-liquid and hemp oil business

Written by CannIntelligence | 22nd November 2017

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