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ARTICLE · 07 JANUARY 2020

Medical Cannabis Products In Brazil

Cultivating cannabis in Brazil remains prohibited.

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The Executive Board of the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency ("ANVISA") issued, on December 09, 2019, a resolution designated "Resolution of the Collegiate Board" N. 327, regulating the registry of cannabis products and derivatives in Brazil ("Resolution"). The Resolution provides for the procedures for granting the Sanitary Authorization for manufacturing and importation, as well as establishes requirements for the marketing, prescribing, dispensing, monitoring and surveillance of cannabis products for medicinal purposes.

The Resolution allows manufacturing companies to sell finished cannabis-based products in pharmacies and drugstores in Brazil, and establishes requirements for the manufacturing, importing and selling of cannabis medical products in Brazil. Cultivating cannabis in Brazil remains prohibited.

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