Pharmaceutical company to grow medical cannabis in Sardinia

An Australian pharmaceutical company has identified Sardinia as an ideal place to grow medical cannabis for international markets. The company’s directors are looking for organizations with adequate resources for cultivation for subsequent export to Australia and New Zealand. Medical Organic Cannabis Australia (MOCA) is pioneering the market as the country’s first medical organic cannabis company.

Medical Organic Cannabis Australia (MOCA) is a private company, based in Sydney, Australia. They are now researching medical cannabis in Sardinia and have identified several fertile regions as the most favorable options.

The company is the first medical organic cannabis company in Australia that successfully submitted an offer to provide the Italian Ministry of Defence with an annual share of medical cannabis at the beginning of this year.

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Cannabis in Sardinia will benefit the global medical cannabis market

The directors of the company, Cav. Alessandro Sorbello and Dr. Emanuela Ispani, have been in Italy since May working with the Italian regions to determine the most suitable environmental conditions for the cultivation of cannabis in Sardinia

The directors met with officials in Tuscany, Abruzzo, Piedmont, Lombardy, Campania, and Sicily.

The global medical cannabis market is growing exponentially and the anticipated demand for CBD (a component of medical cannabis) will grow by more than 700% in 2020.

Global spending on legal cannabis worldwide will reach $57 billion in a decade, according to Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics.

Thanks to the push of cannabis legalization and growing demand, revenue generated by cannabis in the U. S. is expected to reach $23.4 billion by 2022.

Medical cannabis in Sardinia to aid chronic diseases

MOCA holds pharmaceutical licenses granted by the Australian federal government for the import and wholesale trade of medical products. This includes cannabis for supplying hospitals and specialist clinics.

MOCA’s cannabis-based medicines are used to treat conditions such as childhood epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, nausea caused by cancer chemotherapy and poor appetite and weight loss caused by chronic diseases such as HIV.

It will progressively focus on the cultivation of over 300 hectares of cannabis in Sardinia.

The pharmaceutical company also has proprietary protocols for the cultivation of medical cannabis and plant genetics, developed in collaboration with its research group and approved by Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian governments.

Establishing a market for medical cannabis in Sardinia

During their stay in Sardinia, the directors of MOCA have established a collaborative relationship with the University of Cagliari in order to assist the development activities of the sector in the region.

The company has a policy of guaranteed repurchase of the inflorescences and biomass produced with its growers and pays well above industry standards.

The contracts for the cultivation and purchase of the produced biomass will see a redistribution of about $22 million (€20 million) per year in the region for the next 10 years.

Once the appropriate solutions are confirmed, the directors of MOCA will return at the beginning of 2020 to develop the project bringing with them their team of experts from Australia, Canada, and the U.S.

The cultivation will enable MOCA to supply pharmaceutical-grade cannabis to international markets. Cultivation is expected to start in the first quarter of 2020.

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