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Avant Brands Reports Record Recreational Cannabis Sales For Q2 2022 Of $3.1M

Avant Brands Inc. (OTCQX: AVTBF) (TSX:AVNT) (FRA:1BU0) released its financial results for the quarter ended May 31, 2022, revealing record recreational cannabis sales of $3.1 million, compared to $2.5 in previous quarter, an increase of $600,000 or 23%.

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Gateshead's Shield Therapeutics awaits Canadian regulatory approval for iron deficiency drug

The pharmaceutical firm says Health Canada will screen its Accrufer lead product, with an outcome expected next year

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Canada: 100+ Healthcare Professionals Protest Psilocybin Access Ban For Psychedelics-Assisted Therapy Training

A judicial review request was submitted to the federal court by more than 100 doctors, psychologists, clinical counselors, social workers and nurses across Canada challenging the country’s health minister’s decision to reject the professionals' application to use restricted psychoactive drugs for training in psilocybin-assisted therapy

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$150M is not enough: Canada’s proposed Purdue Pharma settlement for opioid damages is paltry and won’t prevent future crises

On June 29, Canadian federal and provincial governments reached a proposed $150-million settlement with Purdue Pharma Canada, makers of OxyContin, an opioid-based pain medication. The settlement is intended to recover the health-care costs related to the damaging effects from the sale and marketing of OxyContin.

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Psychedelics Company Nabs Health Canada Construction Permit, Find Out How They Got It

Canadian life sciences company Nirvana Life Sciences Inc. (CSE: NIRV), focused on research & development of non-addictive pain management and relapse prevention products for pain and addictions, has been granted approval to build its R&D facility in Vancouver by Canada’s governmental department of Health.

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Eli Lilly Modifies COVID-19 Treatment Pact, Oyster Point Outlines Restructuring Plan, Icosavax Posts Interim RSV Vaccine Data

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

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SIGA Technologies Announces $13M Worth Order For Its Monkeypox Treatment

SIGA Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SIGA) has announced approximately $13 million in procurement orders for oral TPOXX (tecovirimat) The order includes $11 million for initial procaurement from two new international jurisdictions and an approximate $2 million order from a country in the Asia Pacific region with an established contract for oral TPOXX. "We expect a…

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Nextleaf To Launch THC-O As An Excise Tax-Free Alternative To Delta-9-THC

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MDMA trials under review in Canada over alleged abuse of study participants

Health Canada confirms reviews into trials following complaint of ‘alleged investigator misconduct’

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Canadian Special Access Program Further Authorizes Novel Psychedelic Drugs For Emergency Treatments

For those unaware, Canada provides a legal way for patients presenting unresolved mental health issues to receive psychedelic-assisted treatment.

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Canada Approves Amylyx's ALS Drug; FDA To Consider Approval In September

The Canadian government has given its approval to AMX0035, a new drug from Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Tetra Bio-Pharma Opens New Subsidiary In Australia And Provides Regulatory Update

Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. (TSX:TBP) (OTCQB: TBPMF) (FRA:JAM1) launched new wholly owned subsidiary 'Tetra Bio-Pharma Australia Pty Ltd', an Australian-based research company focused on the execution of clinical trials in Australia.

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Numinus' Ongoing Collaboration With Health Canada Spurs Mindspace Clinic Approval In Quebec

A longstanding commitment of Numinus Wellness Inc. (OTC: NUMIF) to collaborate with Health Canada to help shape protocols for the Special Access Program appears to be paying dividends.

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EDSA: Enrollment of Phase 2b Trial of EB01 to Complete in 4Q22…

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Isracann Biosciences' Subsidiary Praesidio Health Submits NPNs To Health Canada

Praesidio Health, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Isracann Biosciences Inc. (OTCPK:ISCNF) (CSE:IPOT) (XFRA:A2PT0E), has completed the natural product number (NPN) submissions to Health Canada for its first formulations.

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Numinus Granted Canada's Special Access Program For Magic Mushrooms To Treat Life-Threatening Conditions

Numinus Wellness Inc (OTCQB: NUMIF) has been approved to use psilocybin-assisted therapy through Health Canada’s Special Access Program (SAP), marking the first instance in which Numinus will provide this treatment outside of a clinical trial.

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Red Light Holland Sends Magic Mushrooms Into Canada To Be Used As Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Red Light Holland (OTCPK:TRUFF) has announced the successful export of psilocybin truffles to its partner in Canada, CCrest Laboratories, through a permit given by Health Canada.

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Democrats call on FDA to remove ‘antiquated discriminatory’ limits on gay, bisexual men donating blood amid Canadian decision

Val Demings and Mark Takano tell The Independent the US should also ‘follow science’

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Cannabis Movers & Shakers: Blinc Group, HEXO, Grower's Ally, Halo Collective

The Blinc Group Names New COO The Blinc Group, Inc., a regulatory-focused designer, and provider of premium customized vaporizer technologies, has tapped cannabis industry veteran Pete Sahani to serve as its new chief operating officer.

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Hexo Makes Leadership Changes, Appoints New CEO & CFO

HEXO Corp (NASDAQ: HEXO) (TSX:HEXO) announced that Charlie Bowman has been appointed the company’s acting president and CEO.

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Canada to lift restrictions on gay men donating blood

Health Canada has lifted restrictions on gay men donating blood, a move Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says is “good news for all Canadians” but took too long

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Canada lifts restrictions on gay men's blood donations

Ottawa (AFP) - Canada announced Thursday a lifting of restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men that dates back to the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s.

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5 Resilient Stocks to Buy for a Market Downturn

Yesterday, the broad market indices closed in negative territory on interest-rate-increase concerns. Goldman Sachs has predicted that the S&P might tumble to 3,600 this year if recessionary pressure persists. Non-cyclical stocks usually perform well during economic downturns. So, we believe Cardinal Health (CAH), Brookfield Infrastructure Corp. (BIPC), Smith & Nephew…

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Sproutly Forms Joint Venture With Kingston Cannabis, Here Is Why

Sproutly Canada, Inc. (OTCQB: SRUTF) (CSE:SPR) (FSE: 38G), is expanding its commercial relationship with Kingston Cannabis Inc., a Health Canada Licensed processor.

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Health Canada Approves Grapefruit USA's Hourglass Time Release THC+CBD Delivery Cream For Sale

Grapefruit USA, Inc. (OTCQB: GPFT), announced that its notice of new cannabis product (“NNCP”), filed with Health Canada on Jan.

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