Germany: First-Ever Medical Marijuana Imports Received From Portugal and Australia
Cannamedical Pharma (located in Cologne) received a commercial shipment of medical marijuana from a company in Portugal this week. According to High Times, although shipper wasn’t made public, last month Tilray Portugal announced that it had come to an agreement with Cannamedical to export medicinal cannabis to Germany.
“The European market is clearly developing its ability to grow and ship world-class medicinal cannabis products, which is an important step in the development of the EU medicinal cannabis market, which we believe will be the world’s largest. Cannamedical continues to demonstrate that our approach as the leading independent importer of finding the best products in all supply markets to serve to our patients can establish milestones within the industry,” said David Henn, the CEO of Cannamedical. “We are proud of the contribution we are making to provide a stable supply of medicinal cannabis to patients in Germany and thankful for our world-class supply partners”. Davis notes that the medical marijuana received by Cannamedical will be packaged in Germany and should be ready for patients beginning in mid-October.
In Frankfurt, Cansativa received a sample shipment of medical cannabis oils for testing purposes, reports High Times. The cannabis oil was produced in Australia, which legalized medical marijuana in 2016, by the company Little Green Pharma. In a press release, Benedikt Sons, the co-managing director of Cansativa, said that they’re adding more suppliers to meet the growing demand for medical marijuana in Germany.
“Our new partner in Australia helps us to tackle the growing supply problems in the German market and secure the amount of deliveries necessary to meet the increasing demands by the patients,” said Sons. “This is an important step in ensuring security of supply for patients in Germany.”
Cansativa announced in April that it was the first German company authorized to import cannabis from Uruguay and Colombia. The first samples from Uruguay have already been received by the company and the initial delivery from Colombia is expected soon.
“Cansativa has aggregated a lot of know-how over the last year regarding process reliability, dealing with authorities, market structure, competition, and the necessary legal expertise. Just recently we successfully imported our first samples from Uruguay,” Sons added. “With the Australian import, we once again underscore our ambition to provide security of supply through global sourcing. As a first mover of the whole industry, we make our contribution to a more professional and reliable market.”