Tag: BfArM

German Cultivation Bids Reverberate Across the Global Cannabis Industry

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 9, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

The day after the third annual International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin, as the crew packed up and headed on to Zurich, news about the German cultivation bid surfaced in the domestic...

First German Cannabis Cultivation Bids Announced!

Written by Anthony Johnson on April 8, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Medical, Politics.

The German medical cannabis system has been an innovative pioneer in a few respects, helping thousands of patients get access to tested medicinal cannabis that is covered by their insurance programs....

When Will German Cannabis Cultivators Enter the Market?

Written by Anthony Johnson on March 21, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin, Medical, Politics.

The trials and tribulations of the the German government’s bidding process to license domestic cannabis cultivators, with lawsuits and bureaucratic maneuverings, is already worthy of a book. In...

The German Cannabis Cultivation Bid Has A New Deadline!

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 26, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Berlin.

According to a late January press release by the ever-tight lipped BfArM – the federal agency in charge of launching Germany’s medical cannabis cultivation program – the first harvest...

German Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Bids Delayed Again

Written by Marguerite Arnold on November 21, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco.

In what has become “normal” operating procedure, the “new” German tender bid deadline has been delayed again by BfArM (the German version of the FDA). As of this writing, the...

The Clock Ticks Down To German Cannabis Cultivation Bid

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 30, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

It is now less than a month before the new German cannabis cultivation bid, reissued in July, is due. The new tender differs little from the last round, which came to an end in March 2018 in court....