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Cannaflex Opens European Export Route
RABAT – Moroccan operator Cannaflex has secured EU-GMP compliance verification ...
Elixinol Offloads Its US Hemp Business to Ananda Health
SYDNEY – Australian Elixinol Wellness Limited has entered into a ...
Canada Is Now the World’s Largest Cannabis Market
OTTAWA – Supported by 3,420 licensed stores and roughly 7.1 ...
Cannaflex Opens European Export Route
RABAT – Moroccan operator Cannaflex has secured EU-GMP compliance verification for the commercial export of medical Cannabis starting materials to Switzerland and broader European markets, marking an operational milestone for the Kingdom's legal framework. Working ...
Elixinol Offloads Its US Hemp Business to Ananda Health
SYDNEY – Australian Elixinol Wellness Limited has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement with Ananda Health to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elixinol LLC, effectively exiting the United States hemp market. Under the transaction terms, ...
Canada Is Now the World’s Largest Cannabis Market
OTTAWA – Supported by 3,420 licensed stores and roughly 7.1 million past-year consumers, Canada's legal industry generated C$5.42 billion (approx. US$3.98 billion) in retail sales in 2025, making it the world's largest federally-legal Cannabis market ...
Cannaflex Opens European Export Route
RABAT – Moroccan operator Cannaflex has secured EU-GMP compliance verification for the commercial export of medical Cannabis starting materials to Switzerland and broader European markets, marking an operational milestone for the Kingdom's legal framework. Working ...
Elixinol Offloads Its US Hemp Business to Ananda Health
SYDNEY – Australian Elixinol Wellness Limited has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement with Ananda Health to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elixinol LLC, effectively exiting the United States hemp market. Under the transaction terms, ...
Canada Is Now the World’s Largest Cannabis Market
OTTAWA – Supported by 3,420 licensed stores and roughly 7.1 million past-year consumers, Canada's legal industry generated C$5.42 billion (approx. US$3.98 billion) in retail sales in 2025, making it the world's largest federally-legal Cannabis market ...
Portugal Medical Cannabis Outpaces 2025 Export Run Rate
LISBON – Portugal's medicines regulator, Infarmed, has confirmed that the country exported 66,305 kilograms of medical Cannabis between January and June 2026, equivalent to more than 80% of everything it shipped in all of 2025. ...
Cannaflex Opens European Export Route
RABAT – Moroccan operator Cannaflex has secured EU-GMP compliance verification for the commercial export of medical Cannabis starting materials to Switzerland and broader European markets, marking an operational milestone for the Kingdom's legal framework. Working ...
Elixinol Offloads Its US Hemp Business to Ananda Health
SYDNEY – Australian Elixinol Wellness Limited has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement with Ananda Health to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elixinol LLC, effectively exiting the United States hemp market. Under the transaction terms, ...
Canada Is Now the World’s Largest Cannabis Market
OTTAWA – Supported by 3,420 licensed stores and roughly 7.1 million past-year consumers, Canada's legal industry generated C$5.42 billion (approx. US$3.98 billion) in retail sales in 2025, making it the world's largest federally-legal Cannabis market ...
Cannaflex Opens European Export Route
RABAT – Moroccan operator Cannaflex has secured EU-GMP compliance verification for the commercial export of medical Cannabis starting materials to Switzerland and broader European markets, marking an operational milestone for the Kingdom's legal framework. Working ...
Elixinol Offloads Its US Hemp Business to Ananda Health
SYDNEY – Australian Elixinol Wellness Limited has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement with Ananda Health to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elixinol LLC, effectively exiting the United States hemp market. Under the transaction terms, ...
Canada Is Now the World’s Largest Cannabis Market
OTTAWA – Supported by 3,420 licensed stores and roughly 7.1 million past-year consumers, Canada's legal industry generated C$5.42 billion (approx. US$3.98 billion) in retail sales in 2025, making it the world's largest federally-legal Cannabis market ...
Portugal Medical Cannabis Outpaces 2025 Export Run Rate
LISBON – Portugal's medicines regulator, Infarmed, has confirmed that the country exported 66,305 kilograms of medical Cannabis between January and June 2026, equivalent to more than 80% of everything it shipped in all of 2025. ...
Aurora Takes Ownership of UK Patient Supply Chain with Birmingham Acquisitions
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. has acquired two licensed UK pharmaceutical entities, consolidating vertical control of its distribution network in one of Europe's most active medical Cannabis markets. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Aurora announced ...
Curaleaf States Intention to Bid for Aurora Cannabis
STAMFORD – Curaleaf Holdings Inc. has publicly outlined plans to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc., moving the proposal directly to shareholders after earlier private outreach. The announcement ...
High Tide Closes BMO Credit Facility, Issues Q3 Guidance
CALGARY – High Tide Inc. closed its C$40 million senior secured credit facilities with Bank of Montreal (BMO), replacing an existing arrangement with ConnectFirst Credit Union and substantially lowering the company's cost of capital. The ...
Organigram Highlights Early Sanity Results While Holding Canadian Market Lead
TORONTO – Three months after closing its largest international acquisition to date, Organigram Global Inc. has delivered the first combined business update covering Sanity Group's early performance alongside the company's ongoing Canadian market position. The ...
Nepal’s Gandaki Province Breaks Ground on Regulated Cannabis Cultivation
KATHMANDU – The Gandaki Province Assembly in Nepal has passed landmark legislation legalizing the cultivation of Cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. This makes the province a pioneer in the country, setting the stage for ...
Germany Puts “GMP Washing” in Medical Cannabis on Notice
BERLIN – Germany's Hessian State Office for Health and Care (HLfGP) published a formal guidance document targeting the widespread practice of "GMP washing", i.e. importing Cannabis flowers from third-country cultivators under Good Agricultural and Collection ...
Ora Pharm Completes Helius Acquisition, Becomes New Zealand’s Largest Medical Cannabis Company
AUCKLAND – Ora Pharm has completed the acquisition of the key assets of Helius Therapeutics and restarted manufacturing operations. The agreement covers Helius's EU-GMP-certified production plant, its remaining inventory, and its operating licenses, though it ...
Khalifa Kush Enters Australia Through Endoca Distribution Deal
LOS ANGELES – Khalifa Kush, the Cannabis brand founded by rapper Wiz Khalifa, has struck a distribution agreement with Australian medicinal Cannabis company Endoca to bring its flower, edibles and vape cartridges to patients across ...
High Tide Secures C$40M Credit Approval, Expands Ontario Footprint with Northern Helm Acquisition
CALGARY – High Tide Inc. continues to build its position as a major player in Canadian Сannabis retail. The company, which operates the Canna Cabana chain, signed a definitive agreement to acquire four Ontario retail ...
Village Farms Launches Cultivation at Its Second Dutch Facility
GRONINGEN – Village Farms International, Inc. recently announced the commencement of cultivation at its Phase II cultivation and processing facility in Groningen, the Netherlands, after receiving all required regulatory approvals. The Groningen facility aims to ...
Young Japanese Are Turning to Cannabis at Record Rates
TOKYO – The numbers released by Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) are striking by any measure. Japanese police investigated a record 6,832 individuals in Cannabis-related cases in 2025, up 754 from the previous year. The ...
Argentina Lawmakers Float Full Cannabis Legalization Plan
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina's lower house of Congress received a comprehensive Cannabis legalization bill, introduced by left-wing national deputies Myriam Bregman and Nicolás del Caño. The legislation would make Cannabis and all its derivatives fully ...
Chisora Fights Back Against Chronic Pain with New UK Medical Cannabis Platform
LONDON – British heavyweight boxer Derek Chisora has gone public sharing his experience using prescribed medical Cannabis to manage chronic pain and launching a telehealth and patient education platform, WarOnPain, to guide others through the ...
Greece Shuts the Door on Cannabis Flower in Retail
ATHENS – Greece's medicines regulator has ordered an immediate, nationwide halt to the retail sale of dried Cannabis flower, pulling a product that had built a foothold in c-stores, vending machines, and specialized shops across ...
Nigeria Explores Regulated Cannabis for Medical and Economic Purposes
ABUJA – Nigeria's National Assembly is drafting legislation to legalize Cannabis for medical, pharmaceutical, and industrial use, marking the most significant federal-level push the country has seen on the issue to date. The proposed bill ...
UK Medical Cannabis H1 2025: The Market Still Running on Trust
LONDON – You won't find the echoes of this revolution in the National Health Service (NHS) waiting lists or General Practitioner (GP) surgeries. It lives instead in a constellation of private clinics spread across the ...
Bioxyne Double-Strikes in LATAM and Europe
SYDNEY – Bioxyne Limited, an international health and life sciences company focused on the manufacturing and distribution of novel medicines, including medical Cannabis, psilocybin, and MDMA, has signed two new commercial agreements – one stretching ...
Cannara Biotech Wraps Up Medican Organic Acquisition
MONTREAL – Cannara Biotech Inc. announced the closing of a transaction to acquire all of the shares of Medican Organic Inc. for an aggregate purchase price of $2.8 million. On the surface, that's a modest ...
High Tide Scores Big in Germany Through Remexian Distribution
CALGARY-BERLIN – High Tide Inc. reported that its majority-owned German subsidiary, Remexian Pharma GmbH, distributed 7.6 tons of medical Cannabis flower into the German market during the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2026 – ...
Tilray Acquires Lyphe Group, Expands UK Medical Cannabis Reach
LONDON – Tilray Brands Inc. has acquired the Lyphe Group, a British operator of online medical Cannabis clinics and a digital pharmacy platform. The deal adds a network that has treated more than 16,000 patients ...
German Pharmacies Offer Cannabis Cheaper Than Darknet
BERLIN – Cannabis flower available by prescription through German pharmacies has for the first time undercut prices on the darknet, according to data released by EKOCAN as part of the official evaluation of the country’s ...
