Reimagining medicine? Novartis wraps pharma’s first big global pot deal
In a watershed moment for medical cannabis advocates in the United States, Swiss giant Novartis’ $NVS Sandoz AG unit has tied up with Canadian medical cannabis producer Tilray, marking the first big endorsement of the controversial plant by a large, multinational pharmaceutical company.
The deal exemplifies changing attitudes in the US, where more Americans live in states that have legalized the sale of medical and/or recreational cannabis than in anti-cannabis jurisdictions. Tilray, which supplies cannabis flower and extract products to patients, physicians, healthcare facilities and researchers in 12 countries, has an existing alliance with Sandoz Canada.
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