From Plant To Pill: Introducing Cannabis To The Pharma Industry

The Regulation on the Cultivation and Control of Cannabis for the Production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients ("Regulation") prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“Ministry”) was published and came into force upon being published in the Official Gazette numbered 32661 dated 13 September, 2024. The Regulation includes provisions on the control, harvesting, evaluation, processing, disposal, display, export and/or purchase/sale of cannabis cultivation for the purpose of obtaining active pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as taking all kinds of measures to prevent the institutions/organizations permitted to conduct scientific research from using the flowers and leaves obtained from cannabis for purposes other than their intended use, and outlines the duties and responsibilities regarding the necessary principles for control and inspection.