Cannabis Science Inc (OTCMKTS:CBIS) an American company that specializes in developing cannabis based medical drugs just concluded a successful visit of Africa. This short tour saw partnerships initiated in South Africa and Namibia.
Dr. Allen Herman, the Chief Medical Officer of CBIS, said they are excited and believe that their drug development programs would be extremely successful.
The CBIS delegation was made up of Mr. Raymond Dabney, Dr. Julius Garvey, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of CBIS, Dr. Allen Herman and Mr. Melvin Foote, President and CEO of Constituency for Africa.
The trip commenced in Cape Town South Africa where the CBIS team met with important government , private sector, academic and civil society stakeholders. During these meetings they discussed and planned working together with international regulatory agencies in the country and Namibia. This is so as to make available high quality cannabinoid based pharmaceuticals to those who really need such facilities around them.
In Windhoek, Namibia the team held meetings with the leaders of Namibian National Forensic Science Institute and the Federal Police who oversee regulation of drugs that are highly addictive. The Namibian team were mainly focused on public use and health.
The entire details of the African visit will be made public during a black tie, red carpet event in Los Angeles. This event is a celebratory fundraising with it being entitled,” Cannabis Kills Cancer”. Stakeholders in the sector and also celebrities are expected to turn up in large numbers to raise funds that go to treatment of cancer using cannabinoids.
And indeed, CBIS has a lot to celebrate having recently launched CannaPOW which is the world’s first cannabis instant beverage that is soluble in water. The beverage which was unveiled in June1, 2016 during the EIHA Cannabis and CBD Conference in Germany was developed in collaboration with Dupetit Natural Products GmbH.
CBIS and Dupetit Natural Products GmbH have been working on this product for months. Alot of research was put in and finally there was elimination of THC content and dewaxing.
Cannabinoids are known to lose stability when they come into contact with water due to oxidation but CBIS was able to work it all out and give one of finest cannabinoids based beverages.
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- ADR (NASDAQ:GWPH) another biopharmaceutical company released its results last month. The company posted loss of £34.5 million for the six months ended March 31, 2016 compared to £10.9 million for the same period a year ago. Cash and cash equivalents of the company was £192.7 million compared to £234.9 million in September 30, 2015.
