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Biofuel link to Canadian-Italian hemp-growing project
30th January 2019 - News analysis |
Hemp plants in Italy used for the production of CBD are being grown in buildings heated with biofuel
Technology and innovation
Liposome-based oils ‘deliver CBD four times faster’, manufacturer claims
15th January 2019 - News analysis |
A Swiss CBD company claims to have become the first cannabidiol firm to use liposomes to deliver the substance into users’ bodies and says its new products will deliver CBD to a user’s system four times faster than others
UK company raises £7.4m for medicinal cannabis research
15th January 2019 - News analysis |
A British biopharmaceutical company will be trialling the use of CBD and other hemp-based products for treating opioid addiction, as well as other conditions
The shape of things to come: what 2019 will bring for CBD
31st December 2018 - News analysis |
While CBD has been one of THE stories of 2018, the novelty phase is now over, and 2019 will be the year the longer-term future of CBD products becomes clearer. CBD-Intel looks at prospects for the months ahead
CBD beverage companies step into the future with nanoemulsions
28th December 2018 - News analysis |
Companies which make beverages containing CBD are resorting to new technologies to get around a thorny problem.
CBD is not water soluble, meaning a fatty emulsion needs to be created in order to get the substance to mix with a liquid – but canny companies are using a process called nanemulsion, where the molecule sizes are reduced to enable the CBD to mix better with the drink.
Drinkable CBD – a drop of the good stuff, or weak as water?
6th December 2018 - News analysis |
Among a wave of drinkable CBD products released in the UK this year, one of the more controversial is Love Hemp’s CBD-infused bottled water – advertised as being spring water “infused with CBD hemp droplets”
Canadian firms put faith and cash in Italian CBD producers
3rd December 2018 - News analysis |
Two Canadian companies with interests in CBD have announced investments in major Italian legal cannabis producers
Epidiolex for Europe may come from UK-grown cannabis
3rd December 2018 - News analysis |
The CBD-based epilepsy drug Epidiolex could become available in Europe, manufactured from cannabis already growing in eastern England
Imperial Tobacco will be a hands-off partner to cannabis researchers
20th November 2018 - News analysis |
A Big Tobacco company which invested in a medical cannabis startup will not influence how the smaller firm is run, according to bosses at Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies
Companies link up to produce and distribute soluble CBD strips
12th November 2018 - News analysis |
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
Don’t judge cannabis by THC/CBD content alone, say scientists
1st November 2018 - News analysis |
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, scientists say
Emerald Health prepares to sort the CBD from the chaff
4th October 2018 - News analysis |
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
US biotech specialists move into cannabinoid fermentation
2nd October 2018 - News analysis |
Intrexon, an American biotech company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, has announced a development in its microbial platform capable of producing cannabinoids for medical use
Plan to create micro-organisms that will make cannabinoids in lab
12th September 2018 - News analysis |
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
New €5m factory in Portugal will export CBD across Europe and America
11th September 2018 - News analysis |
The town of Nelas in north central Portugal is to be the site of a new CBD oil factory producing medicinal products extracted from cannabis sativa for export to America and within Europe
Big shift in preferred extraction methods from CO2 to distillation
14th August 2018 - News analysis |
Vaping businesses in the US are experiencing a shift in consumer preferences for methods of extracting CBD and THC from cannabis, with more manufacturers developing distillers to help meet the growing demand for purer products
French firm aims to roll out its nicotine dosage device in Europe and US
2nd October 2017 - News analysis |
Enovap, an innovative French hardware manufacturer, has announced plans to move into the US market, where it hopes to apply its technology to medicinal cannabis use
Lucrative marijuana market has e-cig firms heading for greener pastures
8th May 2017 - News analysis |
E-cigarette firms who already have devices on the market are manoeuvring to see how their products can serve the growing marijuana industry – and they face competition there from some well-financed start-ups.
The not-so-noxious weed: how e-cig companies could lead in cannabis
14th October 2015 - News analysis |
39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have laws that legalise and/or decriminalise marijuana use or possession to various extents. E-cig companies are well positioned to enter the emerging marijuana market because of their technical expertise and intimate knowledge of the science behind vaporisers, and several types of cannabis-compatible vaporisers, or “c-cigs”, may succeed in the U.S. market.
