The cumulative number of authorizations for individual patients in Brazil to import nonregistered medical cannabis products exceeded 13,000 at the end of September 2019, according to data the country’s health regulator shared with Marijuana Business Daily.
Greece is one of a half-dozen European countries hoping to cash in on medical cannabis exports. The country is also developing rules for domestic patients to access medical marijuana. Because Greece was among the first countries to allow medical cannabis cultivation...
Insurance reimbursements for medical cannabis in Germany reached a new high during the July-September period, according to recently published data by the German National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband). [include_post...
The Italian Ministry of Health plans to almost triple the quantity of medical marijuana to be produced domestically in the coming year. This signals the intention of the government to rely to a lesser degree on imports in 2020 to serve growing domestic demand for...
Aurora Cannabis was forced to stop sales of medical marijuana in Germany over “a form of treatment that we use to maintain the product without microbial contamination,” Cam Battley, the Alberta, Canada, company’s chief corporate officer, said at Marijuana Business Daily’s Investor Intelligence Conference.
Peruvian authorities have published long-awaited guidelines governing the nation's medical marijuana program, allowing companies to start applying for different types of business licenses spelled out under a 2017 law. The new regulations mark the effective launch of...
After Brazil's health authority shelved a proposal on domestic cannabis cultivation this week, a court decided in the opposite direction, allowing – for the first time in Brazil – a company to grow hemp commercially. The court's decision could spur other cannabis...
The Gießen Administrative Court (VG Gießen) ruled that local authorities in Germany were right to not permit sales of CBD products that don’t have a “novel food” authorization.
Brazilian health authorities rejected domestic cultivation of medical marijuana but agreed to permit the distribution of medicinal cannabis products that have not completed clinical trials, potentially setting up one of the largest import markets in the world. The new...
Aurora Cannabis' medical marijuana products are temporarily unavailable in Germany pending a review by health authorities of "a proprietary step" in the Alberta company's production process, a spokesperson confirmed to Marijuana Business Daily. MJBizDaily corroborated...
By now, everyone knows that to export medical cannabis to Germany, which is by far the largest importer of medical cannabis flower in the world, achieving European Union Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is a prerequisite. But beyond getting that certification,...
The bidding process to cultivate medical cannabis in Cyprus is stalled after government authorities requested a review of the licensing fees. The delay, reported by the Phileleftheros newspaper, stemmed from concerns the fees are too low given the revenue growers are...
