Aurora Cannabis Passes First Stage of German Domestic Production Tender Application Process
VANCOUVER, July 12, 2017 /CNW/ – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (the “Company” or “Aurora”) (TSXV: ACB) (OTCQX: ACBFF) (Frankfurt: 21P; WKN: A1C4WM) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Pedanios GmbH (“Pedanios”) has successfully passed the first stage of the tender application process to become a licensed producer of medical cannabis in Germany.
As a result of initial stage evaluations, the German Federal Institute for Medicines and Medical Products (“BfArM”), has requested Pedanios’ participation in second and final stage of the application process which involves a competitive bid proposal and contract negotiations to cultivate, process, store, package and deliver cannabis for medical purposes in Germany.
Pedanios is well positioned to provide a world class and highly competitive bid for the production contracts in Germany by leveraging the expertise, resources, genetics, intellectual property, and other competitive advantages possessed by the Company’s other wholly owned subsidiary Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc. (“ACE”). One of the world’s largest and most successful licensed producers of medical cannabis, ACE currently serves more than 16,000 patients in Canada under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (“ACMPR”).
As the country’s largest importer, exporter, and distributor of medical cannabis, Pedanios has shipped to more than 1,000 German pharmacies, and currently relies exclusively on imported medical cannabis products from federally regulated producers in Canada and the Netherlands. Future German production is designed to complement the country’s ongoing import of medical cannabis by identifying, licensing and establishing supply contracts with select domestic producers to support the country’s growing medical market from 2019 to 2022.
We are excited to take the next step in this historic tender process, and look forward to working with Pedanios, the country’s go-to source for quality medical cannabis and customer service, to provide the German market with locally produced, high quality cannabis.
Terry Booth, CEO of Aurora
With a population of more than 80 million, Germany is expected to become a robust market for medical cannabis. Of note, Germany is the first county in the world to cover the cost of medical cannabis, for any therapeutic application approved by a physician, through its national health insurance system. The market for medical cannabis in Germany is expected to expand rapidly. Dr. Franjo Grotenhermen, leading cannabis physician and managing director of the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines, anticipates the number of patients using medical cannabis in Germany to grow from several thousand today, to approaching a million in the coming years (source: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/cannabis-137.html, March 3, 2017)
About Aurora
Aurora’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., is a licensed producer of medical cannabis pursuant to Health Canada’s Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (“ACMPR”). The Company operates a 55,200 square foot, state-of-the-art production facility in Mountain View County, Alberta, and is currently constructing a second 800,000 square foot production facility, known as “Aurora Sky”, at the Edmonton International Airport, and has acquired, and is undertaking completion of, a third 40,000 square foot production facility in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, on Montreal’s West Island. In addition, the company is the cornerstone investor with a 19.9% stake in Cann Group Limited, the first Australian company licensed to conduct research on and cultivate medical cannabis, as well as owns Pedanios, a leading wholesale importer, exporter, and distributor of medical cannabis in the European Union (“EU”), based in Germany. Aurora’s common shares trade on the TSX-V under the symbol “ACB”.
Original press release: http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/aurora-cannabis-passes-first-stage-of-german-domestic-production-tender-application-process-634024403.html
