UniverseofLimes wrote: Maricann Group Enters Into Letter of Intent with McKesson Canada Retail Banner Group Maricann and McKesson Canada Retail Banner Group have agreed to a primary collaborative partnership to provide education and awareness for medicinal cannabis to patients through the largest group of pharmacies across Canada
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug 1, 2017) - Maricann Group Inc. (MARI, Maricann or the "Company") (CSE:MARI)(CSE:MARI.CN)(CNSX:MARI) and McKesson Canada Retail Banner Group, consisting of independent pharmacies of Guardian, IDA, Medicine Shoppe Canada, Remedy's Rx and Proxim, comprising 2,116 pharmacies out of 10,572 (20.01% NAPRA) total pharmacies in Canada, have agreed to a primary collaborative partnership through a joint initiative to create a pharmacy services program that enables pharmacists to counsel and appropriately educate patients in relation to medicinal cannabis.
By establishment of this education program for pharmacists to counsel patients, McKesson Retail Banner Group will expand the patient awareness of treatment options with their health care team, primarily through pharmacists to provide expert information to patients.
Maricann and McKesson Retail Banner Group will work together to advocate for pharmacies to be the preferred access point for medicinal cannabis based on pharmacists' critical role in working with physicians and patients in understanding the multi-synchronistic opportunities in multi-medication patients. Maricann and McKesson Retail Banner Group will work together to assist patients in achieving their desired therapeutic goals while always keeping their safety paramount.
The letter of intent will form the basis of a definitive agreement to be executed by both parties at a future date. Details of that agreement will be announced upon completion.
Maricann, which has federal licenses in Canada to cultivate, extract, formulate and distribute cannabis, is rapidly expanding its Canadian production, based in Norfolk County, ON, adding 20,000 kg of dry flower production to come online in early 2018, and an additional 35,000 kg of production to come online in late 2018.