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Bedrocan bankruptcy leaves medical cannabis batches frozen in storage
Rechtbank Noord-Nederland declared Bedrocan's Dutch entities bankrupt on 7 October, after the Health Ministry would not commit to taking delivery of produced batches as its government contract wound down. Bedrocan's Danish arm entered restructuring on 1 October, with Sydbank and state fund EIFO exposed. Recent Bedrolite batches sit frozen in Dutch storage pending regulatory approval, and UK campaigners warn of an immediate risk to life for children with drug-resistant epilepsy who depend on it.
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Legislation opens a market, it does not build one: APAC's future leaders will be the ones who do
Business of CannabisEvents & Industry
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Curaleaf's takeover battle shifts in Aurora's favour
Business of CannabisUSCABusiness & Investment
Europe
8 stories- Ukraine's health ministry reports first cancer patient to receive cannabis-based medicine
NewsweedUAMedical
- French senators table bill creating seed-to-sale register for CBD flower
NewsweedFRRegulation
- INCB cuts Poland's 2026 medical cannabis estimate by 9.1% to 19.03 tonnes
faktykonopne.plPLRegulation
- Jersey tightens medicinal cannabis prescribing rules after coroner links prescription to fatal fire
BBCGBRegulation
- Cronos Group completes €57.5m acquisition of CanAdelaar, largest grower in Dutch cannabis pilot
Cannabis IndustrieNLBusiness & Investment
- Tilray Medical authorised to run EU-GMP batch release testing in-house at Cantanhede
CannaReporterPTMedical
- France's final medical cannabis decree reaches Conseil d'État, first prescriptions possible in 2027
Business of CannabisFRRegulation
- Cochrane review of nine trials finds medical cannabis gives no meaningful sleep improvement for insomnia
Pharmazeutische ZeitungHealth & Science
United States
9 stories- DEA's chief judge keeps rescheduling hearing stayed, orders agency reply by 21 October
Cannabis Business TimesUSRegulation
- Federal lawyers and rescheduling challengers agree DC Circuit briefing schedule ending mid-February
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- South Dakota's attorney general says federal rescheduling has negligible impact on medical programme
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- Ohio's new potency and package caps take effect, pulling high-strength vapes off shelves
MJBizDailyUSAdult-use
- Nebraska's four licensed medical cannabis growers harvest first crops with no licensed processors or dispensaries.
MJBizDailyUSMedical
- Marijuana Policy Project lobbies Congress to replace looming hemp THC ban with age-gated regulation
Cannabis Business TimesUSRegulation
- Minnesota's $200m hemp THC sector reports lost orders and layoffs ahead of 11 December federal ban
fox9.comUSHemp & CBD
- Illinois cannabis tax receipts fall to $456m in fiscal 2026 as sales drop to about $1.5bn
chicago.suntimes.comUSAdult-use
- Puerto Rico's Ley 204-2026 removes job protections for medical cannabis patients in transport
El PlanteoUSRegulation
Canada
6 stories- Aurora Cannabis rejects Curaleaf's revised US$5 bid and signs standstill agreements with multiple parties
NewswireCAUSBusiness & Investment
- Health Canada's 2025-26 compliance data show 29 non-compliance reports from 673 inspections
themarijuanaherald.comCARegulation
- Canopy Growth's Smiths Falls site wins EU-GMP certification from Tübingen regulator
biopharmawatch.comCAMedical
- Organigram completes Sanity Group integration, targeting up to C$10m annualised savings by fiscal 2028
MuggleheadCABusiness & Investment
- Cantourage becomes exclusive European distributor for Quebec's Green Karat after EU-GMP win
NewswireCABusiness & Investment
- High Tide buys Chestermere, Alberta store for C$670,000, taking Canna Cabana network to 234 locations
Cannabis Business TimesCABusiness & Investment
LATAM & Caribbean
3 stories- Brazil's Anvisa authorises two new presentations of Fiocruz's state-made 200mg/mL cannabidiol solution
CannaReporterBRMedical
- Anvisa data show Brazilian patients filed 114,708 cannabis import requests in H1 2026, up 51% in two years
SechatBRMedical
- Brazil's Ease Labs opens talks with partners in Germany, Poland and England to export medical cannabis
SechatBRBusiness & Investment
Africa & Middle East
2 storiesOceania
4 stories- Cannabis Council Australia convenes first working party to shape TGA's TGO 93 standards overhaul
CannabizAURegulation
- Montu, Australia's largest medicinal cannabis group, tells staff substantial number of jobs will go
CannabizAUBusiness & Investment
- BLS Pharmaceuticals posts record Q1 FY27 revenue of A$26.7m, up 23% on the quarter
asx.api.markitdigital.comAUBusiness & Investment
- Vitura Health lifts Q1 FY27 revenue by 4.8% and EBITDA by 197.5% as dispensing volumes rise 19%
asx.api.markitdigital.comAUBusiness & Investment
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