Dispute between U.S., UK researchers boils over into lawsuit
American cannabis research firm New Frontier Data (Financial Frontier Group Inc.) has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. courts against Prohibition Partners (PP Intelligence Ltd),…
Companies
CBD research authorization is granted to Elixinol in New York
CBD maker Elixinol has been granted Processor Research Partner Authorization by the New York (U.S.) Department of Agriculture and Markets, which is actively supporting hemp…
U.S. CBD firm in deal with distributor of acupuncture needles
CBD maker Functional Remedies, Colorado, USA, has entered a distribution partnership with Lhasa OMS, a distributor of acupuncture needles, the companies recently announced. The deal…
Irish hemp firm granted injunction against former CEO
Irish hemp firm Celtic Wind Crops has taken its former CEO to Ireland’s High Court, alleging improprieties it says have crippled the company financially. Celtic…
CBD’s future: Formulas tailor-made to address specific maladies
INTERVIEW: Scott Reese, CEO at US-based C-Beyond Health, says patient-doctor dialog is critical to successful treatment with CBD. HempToday: You describe C-Beyond Health as being…
FDA warns 3 U.S. CBD sellers over ‘egregious’ cancer claims
The U.S Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission jointly issued warning letters to three American companies for unsubstantiated claims regarding CBD….
U.S. firm plans $5.8 million factory to produce ‘HempWood’
A Maryland, USA company says it will invest $5.8 million in a factory in Kentucky to produce HempWood, an “eco-friendly timber” that uses hemp fiber…
Hong Kong conglomerate backs US-based C-Beyond Health
In a signal that Asian investors are beginning to look over U.S. hemp companies, Colorado CBD maker C-Beyond Health said it has received an investment…
U.S firm says it has bought Dutch maker of extraction technology
Colorado, USA-based Folium Biosciences said it has bought FeyeCon, a designer of large scale supercritical CO2 extraction technology based in Weesp, Holland. Folium said the…
International vendors join ‘HempBoutique’ at NoCo Expo in USA
Vendors and producers of hemp-based products from nine countries are signed up so far for HempBoutique, an international pop-up showroom that will again be part…