WeedMD secures processing license for its Strathroy cultivation facility

WeedMD Inc, the medical cannabis producer, announced Monday that it had received a processing license from Health Canada for its Strathroy operation.

The license is a key step in the company’s ability to scale up production, packaging and distribution of cannabis products from its southwestern Ontario facility.

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“Our recently announced outdoor production expansion combined with this processing license positions WeedMD with the ability to fully execute on its plans to scale up our downstream capacity in packaging and distribution,” said Keith Merker, CEO of WeedMD in a statement.

“This is another critical milestone that will enable WeedMD to address the current supply bottlenecks being experienced across the Canadian cannabis industry.”

The cannabis company is planning to increase its total yield to more than 150,000 kilograms of greenhouse and outdoor cultivation by 2020. It has applied to Health Canada to expand its Strathroy grow operation to include nearly 100 acres of outdoor cultivation, with an initial 25 acres to come online in 2019.

Shares of WeedMD closed at C$1.89 on Friday in Canada and at US$1.41 in the US.

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