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The Pharmaceutical Cannabis Report

The rapid growth of cannabis-based medicines is becoming a significant disruptor of the global pharmaceutical industry, but the point of entry has been complicated by the historic scheduling of cannabis as a schedule 1 narcotic.

  • Analyst-written market analysis
  • 75+ pages · PDF + data
  • Published 2019

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About this edition

The rapid growth of cannabis-based medicines is becoming a significant disruptor of the global pharmaceutical industry, but the point of entry has been complicated by the historic scheduling of cannabis as a schedule 1 narcotic. It combines PP’s proprietary market sizing with regulatory analysis, giving investors and corporates a single, citable reference — delivered digitally, licensed for internal use, and backed by the analysts who built the numbers.

75+

pages of analysis

2019

published

Inside this edition

Key findings3
  • Prohibition Partners estimates that worldwide sales for pharmaceutical cannabinoid therapeutics will total almost US$800 million in 2020.
  • Epidiolex® remains the leading pharmaceutical cannabis products. In the US, it enjoyed sales of over US$116.1 million in Q1 2020 and US$117.7 million in Q2 2020.
  • Existing pharmaceutical cannabis products will achieve growth rates of 150% between 2020 and 2024 to reach total value sales just shy of US$2 billion.

Who it’s for

Investors & analysts

Defensible sizing and forecasts to underwrite the thesis.

Corporate strategy & FMCG

Opportunity sizing and entry routes across key markets.

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