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- Interviews
Irish Government-Backed Fund Hands Top Founder Award to a Cannabis CEO: Are Attitudes Shifting?
An Irish government-backed enterprise fund has, for the first time in its 10-year history, named a cannabis company its High Potential Start-up (HPSU) Founder of the Year award.
- M&A Activity
Organigram Blows Curaleaf’s Aurora Bid Out of the Water With $561m Offer
Curaleaf Holding’s months-long hostile takeover bid for Aurora Cannabis has been blown out of the water by Organigram Global, which has now tabled a significantly higher bid.
- Press releases
Paralab Green Adds Hefestus Pre-Roll Automation to European Equipment Portfolio
Portugal-based cannabis equipment distributor Paralab Green has signed a distribution agreement with Israeli automation manufacturer Hefestus Technologies, bringing the AuraX automated pre-roll machine and the wider Hefestus equipment portfolio to licensed European producers.
- Data & Analysis
Flower Prices Down 22%, SKUs Up 73%: Germany’s Cannabis Market is at an Inflection Point
Since the implementation of the MedCanG in April 2024, the German medical cannabis market has become a key target for regional and international cannabis operators alike.
- Medical Cannabis
DEA Issues First Federal Registrations to 900 Dispensaries, But Dual-Licence States Remain Uncertain
More than 900 US medical cannabis dispensaries have become the first operators in the country to hold federal registration, marking the first tangible change for operators since April’s partial rescheduling order.
- Medical Cannabis
Germany’s Cannabis Flower Patients Face Years of Litigation After Constitutional Shortcut Blocked
German patients challenging the recent controversial changes to medical cannabis reimbursement via statutory health insurance (GKV) are facing lengthy battles across the country’s courts.
- Hemp Industry
Whole Hemp Plant Could Soon Be Recognised as Agricultural Crop in the EU, but States Will Keep Power to Criminalise
The Council of the European Union has adopted proposals that would see the whole hemp plant, including inflorescences and leaves, recognised as an ordinary agricultural product.
- Hemp Industry
German Cannabis Pioneer SynBiotic SE Files For Insolvency
SynBiotic SE, once one of the largest and most promising cannabis companies in Germany, has announced plans to file for insolvency and had its shares suspended on the Xetra and Frankfurt stock exchanges.
- Cultivation
Does Your Cannabis Prescription Match the Name on the Label?
Medical cannabis’s cultivar names have, over the past two years, become an increasingly controversial part of the European prescription framework.
- Medical Cannabis
Legal Medical Cannabis Means Better, Not Weaker, Health Protection
Dr. Julian Wichmann, MD, Co-Founder and CEO of Bloomwell GmbH Germany has, without question, the most progressive regulation of medical cannabis in the EU.
- Cultivation
Six-Month Bedrolite Supply Secured for UK Patients But Long-Term Access Remains Uncertain
UK medical cannabis patients have been told that they’ll have access to a six-month stockpile of Bedrolite, following weeks of uncertainty in the wake of Bedrocan’s collapse.
- US & Canada
Fight Over US Cannabis Contract Enforcement Rights Could Come Back to Court
A Michigan cultivator is fighting to overturn a landmark court decision which has thrown the enforceability of cannabis industry contracts across the US into question.
