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UCAN inaugurated its new plant for processing and drying marijuana buds
July 2021
The farm which Susana Giménez sold will become a cannabis megaproject.
The buying business group, headed by former deputy and entrepreneur Facundo Garretón, will transform the property into a “hub” for research and development of the medicinal use of the plant. There is expectation of a future niche for “recreational” tourism.
March 2021
The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) will allow the importation of products with cannabis derivatives for medicinal use.
The Ministry of Health of Argentina approved the Exception Access Regime “to products containing cannabinoids or derivatives of the cannabis plant intended exclusively for medicinal use, either for the treatment of an individual patient or within the context of scientific research ”.
February 2021
Hemp, the emerging crop that promises in Uruguay
The development of hemp has had numerous obstacles due to different prohibitions in regulations. However, recent changes in this regard have allowed its cultivation to be viewed as a potentially viable alternative and its high international demand – mainly as food and for medicinal purposes – has aroused interest.
January 2021
Spanish partners plan a center for industrial hemp innovation
Spanish partners have launched a project aimed at developing the Extremadura region of the country as a center for industrial hemp innovation. The “Centro Tecnológico Agroalimentario Nacional de Extremadura” (CTAEX) and the hemp company Bhalutek Hemp affirm that the initiative will promote the development and integral use of the hemp plant, and will facilitate access to cultivation and transformation technologies.
December 2020
Medicinal cannabis: project with the largest semi-closed greenhouse in Latin America presented
The project will begin operations in three months and will provide more than 100 jobs. “Today Uruguay is a leader on the issue of medical cannabis,” said the deputy secretary of the Presidency, Rodrigo Ferrés.
December 2020
Medicinal cannabis: the first laboratory in Argentina was inaugurated in Jujuy
Almost two years ago, the Ministry of National Security signed the authorization of this first center to produce medicinal cannabis in Argentina, located near the town of Perico. In addition to taking care of production, there will be scientific, medicinal and therapeutic studies.
December 2020
Medicinal cannabis: what the bill that Axel Kicillof seeks to authorize in Argentina says
The Buenos Aires government sent a bill to the legislature that authorizes the self-cultivation of cannabis for medicinal use, and incorporates the oil as a therapeutic modality in all public and private health institutions in the province.
December 2020
We’d like to welcome La Micaela Orgánicos
We have incorporated, among our partners, La Micaela Orgánicos, an enterprise for the production of organic vegetables and greens certified by the Agrotechnology Network, which has been active, in the town of Cerrillos (Canelones), for many years.
December 2020
The UN officially recognizes the medicinal properties of Cannabis
The countries of the European Union – with the exception of Hungary – and other countries in America voted in favor of withdrawing cannabis from the most dangerous drugs such as heroin. African and Asian countries opposed.
December 2020
In three months, marijuana will be produced in Zonamerica
Yesterday, Government authorities visited the works of the medicinal cannabis plant located in Zonamerica which belongs to the Pharmin company, this built the largest semi-closed greenhouse on the continent for growing marijuana. The project will begin operating in three months. The work began in January, but was delayed by the arrival of the pandemic.
October 2020
Export from Ucan to Switzerland
UCAN (Cannabis Uruguay Ltda.), A Uruguayan company which produces cannabis and whose objective is to become a reliable and qualified supplier of medical cannabis for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries in the short term, has just completed its first export of dried flowers to Switzerland.
July 2020
First clinical evidence that microdosing cannabis relieves pain
Israeli researchers present the first clinical evidence that microdosing cannabis relieves pain. The randomized trial demonstrates for the first time that THC doses measured in micrograms relieve pain without significant side effects.
July 2020
UA company, authorized to manufacture extracts of medicinal cannabis
Medalchemy, a technology-based company of the University of Alicante, certified by GMP,
has obtained the approval of the health authorities (AEMPS) to manufacture extracts of medicinal cannabis as products with active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).
May 2020
