Regulatory & compliance
11 July 2019 - Posted by: Eveline Van Keymeulen
Today is a big day for legal cannabis in France. Earlier this morning, the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) endorsed the medical cannabis pilot programme per the recommendations of the French specialised committee on cannabis (CSST) which were published on 28 June (see our earlier blog post: “French cannabis committee › Read More
Belgium: New developments point at possibly imminent changes in (online) pharmacy market
02 July 2019 - Posted by: Tine Carmeliet
In Belgium, two recent events have drawn attention to the (online) pharmacy market. First, on 28 May 2019, the Competition Court of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) imposed a fine of EUR 1 million on the Belgian Order of Pharmacists for the use of anti-competitive practices aimed at excluding the MediCare-Market group, an association of (para)-pharmacies › Read More
French cannabis committee unveils recommendations for medical cannabis pilot programme in France
27 June 2019 - Posted by: Eveline Van Keymeulen
Yesterday, the French specialised committee on cannabis (CSST), which was established in mid-2018, held its last meeting and presented its final recommendations for the implementation of a medical cannabis pilot programme to the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM). Last week, on 19 June 2019, the CSST had already published the › Read More
The cannabis market: helping investors navigate the UK regulatory regime
25 June 2019 - Posted by: Matthew Townsend
Last year the global legal cannabis market was estimated to be worth USD12 billion but it is tipped to rise to over USD166 billion by 2025. Liberalisation of the legal framework for cannabis is a significant driver for this growth. Since 1 November 2018, the UK has joined the ranks of over 30 countries legalising › Read More
20 June 2019 - Posted by: Roberta Errico
For the second time, the Italian Ministry of Defence has launched an open tender for an urgent need of cannabis for therapeutic purposes by the Florence Pharmaceutical Chemical Plant. The estimated reference price of the tender is EUR 1,520,000 (net of VAT) for 400 kg, which represents an average of EUR 3.8 per gram. This › Read More