Australian Premier Learns About Israel Cannabis Scene


[Press Release] TEL AVIV, Israel, April 7, 2016... iCAN - Israel-Cannabis.com's co-founder, CEO Saul Kaye met this week with Australian Premier Mike Baird and the Australian trade mission currently in Israel. Mr. Kaye highlighted iCAN's involvement in medical cannabis clinical trials and plant based research via iCAN's partnership with Breath of Life (BOL) Pharma. The two companies recently partnered to form the first private Cannabis R&D center in Israel. 
 
"As a company in Israel with two Australian founders, I was especially honored to have the opportunity to present our initiatives in front of Premier Mike Baird and the Australian mission. The mission visit comes fresh off our CannaTech global innovation summit as we are looking to collaborate on research and development initiatives to advance medical cannabis and further Australia's entrance into a responsible medical cannabis program," said Mr. Kaye.
 
Baird, the Premier of Australia's New South Wales district which encompasses Sydney and has a population of about 7.7 million inhabitants is, one of Australia's leading proponent of legalizing medical cannabis in his country and could be on the cusp of leading historic legal reform as clinical trials have begun.  
 
The Australian mission has come to Israel to explore opportunities for collaboration for New South Wales in innovation, science and technology and learn from Israel's experience in entrepreneurship and start-ups.  iCAN has already started collaboration efforts, forming relationships with BuddingTech (an Australian company) and MGC Pharmaceuticals (an Australian company with Israeli founders) who both contributed to Australia's first medical cannabis white paper:  “Medicinal Cannabis in Australia: Science, Regulation & Industry”. 
 
About iCAN Israel-Cannabis
iCAN Israel-Cannabis is actively engaged in identifying and accelerating cannabis technologies in Israel. As Cannabis leaders in Israel iCAN Israel-Cannabis has partnered with both public and private entities to create innovative global brands to power the cannabis economy. iCAN is the creator of the CannaTech International Summit for Accelerating Cannabis Innovation which hosted over 450 participants from 28 countries to bring the global leaders of Cannabis research together with investors from around the world. To learn more about iCAN Israel-Cannabis go to www.Israel-Cannabis.com.
 
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