Aphria completed its largest international shipment of cannabis oil to date to Australian medical life science company Medlab. The shipment is part of the previously announced agreement between Aphria and Medlab in which Aphria produces and supplies high-yield cannabis extracts for Medlab to be used in a human trial to test the management of intractable pain in oncology patients – the first trial of its kind globally.
"Aphria is proud to support Medlab's important and vital clinical research on the use of medical cannabis as an alternative treatment for pain management," said Vic Neufeld, Chief Executive Office at Aphria. "Medlab was our very first international partner, and as Aphria expands its operations around the globe, we will continue support the advancement of medical cannabis research through these valuable partnerships."
Dr. Sean Hall, Chief Executive Officer at Medlab said "Trial design, implementation and management is critical to developing a new, accepted drug – the work we are undertaking is to expand the medical toolkit especially with regards to current usage of opioids in patients with intractable pain. Trial work is progressing with recruitment underway, further patients accessing the trial product (NanaBis) under the Australian Special Access Scheme (SAS) is providing early, exciting and promising results."