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- Industry Trends
AI: The Last Refuge of the Failed Cannabis Company
Late last month, NASDAQ-listed cannabis operator Flora Growth, which once operated one of Colombia’s largest outdoor cultivation facilities, became the latest to exit the cannabis industry, rebranding as an AI-focused digital asset firm ZeroStack Corp.
- Industry Trends
Access, Saturation, Consolidation: Why Denmark Foreshadows the Future of Europe’s Medical Cannabis Markets
As Europe’s medical cannabis markets continue to mature, an increasingly familiar pattern is beginning to emerge.
- Clinical Research
Can the Company That Built Australia’s Pastilles Market Do It Again in the UK?
Australia’s booming medical cannabis market, now the largest outside of North America, has seen a dramatic shift in consumer preference over the last two years.
- CBD Market
US Hemp Industry in Limbo as FDA Deadline for Cannabinoid Definitions Arrives
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 90-day deadline to clarify which cannabinoids will be banned under the incoming, controversial intoxicating hemp ban falls today.
- Prescribers & Clinics
Collapsed Cannim Sees Liquidators Target $32m in Voidable Transactions as UK Creditors Face Enforcement Gap
Collapsed international cannabis operator Cannim has officially been placed into liquidation following a failed sales process, seeing its myriad of creditors vie for their share of the tens of millions of dollars now reportedly outstanding.
- Cultivation
Future-Ready: Why Pure Is Building the Cannabis Company Traditional Industry Will Want to Buy Into
Last year, as other European cannabis markets looked to be retreating from their ambitious progress in 2024, Switzerland accelerated its plans for cannabis reform.
- Start-Ups
New Platform Aims to Become ‘Trustpilot for Medical Cannabis’ with Verified Patient Reviews
As incoming European markets look towards alternative delivery mechanisms like oils and vaporisers, more mature markets like the UK remain dominated by traditional dried cannabis flower, representing around 80% of all prescriptions.
- Investment & Finance
From Courtrooms to Boardrooms: 2026 Consolidation Accelerates as Cannabis Companies Merge, Battle and Partner
The global cannabis industry barely had time to catch its breath over the Christmas break, following several seismic developments at the tail end of the year.
- Clinical Research
SOMAÍ and Universidade Lusófona Publish Peer-Reviewed Study Validating Full-Spectrum Oil Consistency
SOMAÍ, a leading EU-GMP-certified vertically integrated Multi-Country Operator (MCO) specialising in cannabinoid-based medicines, together with Universidade Lusófona, has published their 4th peer-reviewed study titled “Genotype and chemotype insights of high-THC medicinal Cannabis sativa L.: the role of SSR markers in the identification of cultivars” in the Journal of Cannabis Research.
- CBD Market
CBD Company Founder Wins £137k Unfair Dismissal Award Amid Cannim Group Collapse
Last month, international cannabis operator Cannim collapsed, calling in administrators to sift through the company’s remaining assets and attempt to find tens of millions of dollars to satisfy its increasingly frustrated creditors.
- Press releases
High Tide Opens First European Retail Location in Berlin
High Tide Inc. (Nasdaq: HITI) has opened its first international Canna Cabana store in Berlin, Germany, marking the cannabis retailer’s initial brick-and-mortar expansion outside North America.
- Cultivation
There’s No UK Cannabis Industry Without UK Cultivation
The UK economic growth faces a paradox of two seemingly opposing pressures, yet both may be resolved by moving in the same direction.
