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- Medical Cannabis
Cannabis Health Announces Two-City Symposium Series Across Frankfurt and London This Autumn
Cannabis Health, the UK’s leading medical cannabis news and education platform, has announced the launch of two autumn events designed for healthcare professionals, prescribers, and industry operators working at the frontline of medical cannabis practice across Europe.
- Patient Access
Why a Medical Cannabis Policy Should be Mandatory for Employers
First reported on Cannabis Health Thousands of people in the UK are legally prescribed cannabis-based medicines for chronic health conditions, and employment remains the single biggest reason they seek legal support, new data from Releaf’s legal helpline shows.
- US & Canada
‘A Giant Ship With a Rusty Rudder’: What Six Weeks of Cannabis Rescheduling Has and Hasn’t Changed
On June 29, 2026, one of the most consequential hearings in the history of US cannabis policy, the crucial DEA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing that could determine whether adult-use cannabis joins state-licensed medical cannabis on Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, begins proceedings.
- Prescribers & Clinics
Nine of the Ten Top CBPM Prescribers Are Pharmacists, FOI Data Shows
New data acquired by Business of Cannabis has, for the first time, shed light on the professional types behind England’s CBPM prescribing record, raising further questions about assertions that ‘10 doctors prescribe half of the UK’s medical cannabis’.
- Industry Trends
UK Medical Cannabis Market Growing ‘Faster Than Anyone Expected’
In 2025, the UK imported more than 30,000 kilograms of cannabis-based medicinal products (CBPMs), more than doubling for the second consecutive year, new data from Prohibition Partners shows.
- Prescribers & Clinics
Curaleaf International Launches CPD-Accredited Education Platform for UK Cannabis Prescribers
Curaleaf International has launched a free CPD-accredited online education platform for UK healthcare professionals to help close the training gap the country’s professional medical community continues to face.
- Medical Cannabis
Curaleaf Laboratories and Herdade das Barrocas (HDB) Announce Strategic Partnership to Reintroduce HDB Products to the UK Medical Cannabis Market
Curaleaf Laboratories, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and distributors of EU-GMP medical cannabis products and Herdade das Barrocas (HDB), a Portuguese cultivator known for its cannabis genetics and cultivation expertise, are pleased to announce a new manufacturing and supply partnership that will see HDB products reintroduced to healthcare professionals and patients across the United…
- Medical Cannabis
France Sets July Deadline for Medical Cannabis Regulations as Withheld Study Shows Opioid Reductions
France’s health minister has confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the delayed regulatory texts needed to push through its incoming generalised medical cannabis market will be published next month (July 2026).
- M&A Activity
Sanity Group Deepens Swiss Footprint With Astrasana Distribution Deal
Sanity Group has announced a new distribution partnership with Swiss cannabis operator Astrasana Holding AG, further expanding its footprint in the closely watched Swiss market.
- Pharmaceutical
Ananda Pharma Confirms Safety of MRX1 CBD Drug, as Clinical Pain Trials Approach
Ananda Pharma has taken another major step forward in bringing its flagship MRX1 CBD oral solution to market.
- Data & Analysis
European Cannabis Insights Summit 2026: Patients & Politics Post-Reclassification
Since April 2024, Berlin has cemented its place as the spiritual centre of the European cannabis industry.
- Patient Access
Ukraine Issues First Medical Cannabis Prescriptions, Two Years After Legalisation
First published on Cannabis Health On Thursday, 11 June, the first medical cannabis products were prescribed by neurologists at the Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital to Lyudmila Monastyrska, a patient with multiple sclerosis, and Yaroslav Yurchuk, a veteran who lost his leg a year ago while fighting in the Pokrovsk area.
