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PROSPECTUS
ADVANCING ACCESS TO MEDICINAL CANNABIS IN THE UK
The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) is the UK’s first and only membership body for stakeholders in the medicinal cannabis sector operating in cannabis based medicinal
products (CBMPs) and cannabidiol (CBD) wellness markets.
We have a unique capability to engage intelligently and strategically with all influential political and public policy stakeholders as well as relevant regulatory bodies.
We exist to promote the sectors, both in the interest of our members, but also to advance access to high-quality products for patients and all those who benefit from their use.
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About CMC
The CMC was launched as a not-for-profit industry body in December 2018. We exist to increase access to medicinal cannabis and regulated CBD products in the United Kingdom for all who will benefit. We will deliver this remit through a programme of policy formulation, political engagement, key stakeholder management, education, public events and advocacy.
Our approach is strategic, innovative and evidence-based to ensure we impact on relevant public policy deliberations by broadening the range of institutions and influencers involved, presenting new data and global perspectives, and ensuring that progressing legal patient access to medicinal cannabis remains high profile.
CMC financial supporters are comprised of global industry leaders, investors and philanthropists. Our business members are of impeccable repute. Our programme of work is agreed quarterly at board meetings. Delivery is through a multidisciplinary team and we are advised by an eminent Council of Clinicians.
Introduction Mission Statement:
A Vision for the UKThe United Kingdom - drawing on the inherent
strengths of its publicly-funded National Health
System, top-tier research universities, and world-
class life sciences sector - should be the home to
the safest, most innovative, and best regulated
medicinal cannabis market anywhere in the world
- one that not only improves patient health and
reduces suffering, but contributes substantially to
scientific progress and the evidence base globally
for this new frontier in medicine.
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About CMC
The CMC is managed by a multidisciplinary team of experienced professionals from a broad range of industries.
We are all dedicated to ensuring that UK patients who could benefit from medicinal cannabis can access CBMPs and CBD wellness products are sensibly regulated.
CMC Team
Policy Lead
Blair is a political consultant and former senior advisor in the UK government. He saw up close how current drug laws and prohibition impacts society and undermines the justice and healthcare systems. As policy advisor in the London Mayor’s Office, and subsequently in the Ministry of Justice, Blair has expertise in Whitehall policy-making and the UK’s regulatory regime for drugs. Based in Vancouver, he blogs for Volteface and sits on the board of the Stanford University Network for Addiction Policy.
Blair Gibbs
Medical Lead
David is formerly a UK surgeon, now for 15 years a senior Business Management Consultant operating within the medical sector. He is exceptionally qualified and has wide experience within both clinical and management settings across the UK NHS, including NHS Acute Trusts and NHS Commissioners (CCG). His expertise spans medical business start-ups, business case development, Transformational Change, Clinical Process Redesign, and performance management within the NHS.
Dr David Horn
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About CMC
Science Lead
Saoirse has been researching the role and effects of endocannabinoids and phytocannabinoids through basic and clinical research for 16 years. Saoirse works with patient groups and healthcare professionals to educate them on the benefits of cannabis-based medicines. Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham - see Saoirse’s research on Research Gate and Google Scholar. Runs an independent consulting business CanPharmaConsulting and is a science advisor to several pharmaceutical companies.
Dr Saoirse O’Sullivan
Pharmacy Lead
Andy’s has over 15 years’ pharma experience working in the medical, commercial, business development and strategy functions. He has extensive experience in all aspects of medicine development programmes and was responsible for multiple collaborative agreements with academia, biotechnology and peer pharma. Andy is a UK pharmacist who received his PhD in cannabinoid medicinal chemistry from the University of Nottingham. He runs an independent pharmaceutical consultancy and holds an Honorary Lectureship at Keele University.
Dr Andy Yates
Strategic Counsel
Steve is the Founder and Director of Volteface with 25 years experience of working in social change and political campaigns. He directed the campaign with Charlotte Caldwell to reform policy relating to the access of medicinal cannabis. Steve was formerly Chief Executive of David Cameron’s Big Society Network and has curated change programmes for Channel 4 Television, the Royal Society of Arts and PWC.
Steve Moore
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Founder
Paul was an internet entrepreneur, now an investor in FinTech businesses. He’s passionate about people who can benefit from medicinal cannabis having affordable, informed access through the medical profession, both UK and globally. Philanthropically he’s funded CMC and Volteface. He’s not, and will never be, an investor in the cannabis sector.
Paul Birch
Research Lead
Former Political Director of United Patients Alliance who provide advocacy, support and education for medicinal cannabis patients whilst campaigning and lobbying for legal access in the UK. He is interested in the relationship between medicinal cannabis and mental health. Jon joined the campaign for legal access to cannabis as a medicine in 2014.
Jon Liebling
Business Development Lead
Chana has 20 years experience in the startup and innovation space, transitioning from traditional banking at Barclays and JP Morgan to Buttonwood Capital, founded by a former Goldman Sachs partner, where she researched artificial spinal discs and dental implants.
She is the Vice Chair of Hadassah UK, supporting Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, a founding pioneer in medicinal cannabis since 1964.
Chana is passionate about promoting the knowledge of the benefits of CBMP’s to improve health and wellbeing. She has joined the CMC to fast track our members’ supply chain to market.
Chana holds an MPhil in Finance from University of Cambridge and completed SAID Business School’s Private Equity Program at the University of Oxford.
Chana Greenberg
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Executive Editor
Bill has over 20 years experience working in corporate communications. He has worked for SWIFT, Comcast and consulted for British Airways, IBM and other blue chip companies. He worked 8 years for European Schoolnet - a Brussels NGO funded by European Ministries of Education - running projects for the European Commission.
Around 2007 Bill had a medical need for cannabis but had no safe supply. He wanted to understand how cannabis could help him, what were the risks and how to safely provide for himself. He writes about his experiences and the emerging European cannabis industry. Since 2017 Bill has been a freelance cannabis SME.
Bill Griffin
Operations Manager
Victoria started in Corporate Social Responsibility for large private companies but soon felt disillusioned by the lack of actual impact and differences being made in communities that needed support. This subsequently led her to work in the third sector, collaborating with think tanks and charities.
As an advocate for medicinal cannabis, change and progress, working in said environments has allowed her to drive her passion for community equality and engagement.
Victoria Logan
We exist to
increase access
to medicinal
cannabis and
regulated CBD
products in the
United Kingdom
for all who
will benefit...
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The CMC’s Council of Clinicians and Scientists provides a source of expertise and insight into the potential of medicinal cannabis treatments relating to a broad array of conditions. We advise as public healthcare institutions in the UK as they to get to grips with prescription and patient guidelines introduced by the NHS on 1st November, 2018.
The Council injects impetus into the drive to create more private-public partnerships to progress clinical and other studies to help generate the data that will inform future clinical decision making.
Zeid Mohamedali, MD, PhD, FRCSC., serves as Consulting Urologist at several hospitals in British Columbia.
Dr. Mohamedali has over 20 years of experience in medical research and clinical practice, with expertise in oncology and urology. He has been a Member of Medical Advisory Board of Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. since February 2007, and served as its Director since November 2006.
He has received numerous awards and honours for his research from the American Urological Association, Canadian Cancer Society, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Medical Research Council of Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is a Board Certified in Urology by Medical Council of Canada. Dr. Mohamedali received his MD and PhD Degrees from Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
Clinician and Scientist BoardAn authoritative panel of senior specialist cannabis clinicians and scientists.
Dr Zeid Mohamedali
World-renowned pain specialist and medical cannabis researcher Dr. Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), was nominated vice-chair of an important federal task force that provided guidance to the Canadian government as it prepared to introduce legislation to legalise cannabis in spring 2017.
Dr. Ware, who is also an associate professor of Family Medicine and Anaesthesia at McGill University and a scientist in the Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program of the Research Institute of the MUHC (RI-MUHC), has been studying the use, safety and effectiveness of medical cannabis for the past 16 years. He is also involved in population-based studies on the impact of pain and the evaluation of complementary therapies in pain and symptom management.
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Professor Uri Kramer, a former Director of Paediatric Epilepsy Service at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Professor Kramer led research regarding medical cannabis treatments for severe cases of epilepsy, where he is an acknowledged global expert. He has a wealth of experience in various fields (Neurology, Paediatric Neurology and Child Development). He advises and help direct the key strategy for the commencement of clinical trials using medicinal cannabis for severe epilepsy and nausea in Australia and in Europe.
Professor Kramer was the President of the Israeli League Against Epilepsy, giving him unique insight into the daily struggles of the patients his research benefits. Currently he is a Professor of Paediatrics in Tell Aviv University. He has been a Member of Strategic Advisory Board at MGC Pharmaceuticals Limited since July 2016.
Dr Uri Kramer
Rosemary Mazanet MD, PhD is the Chief Science Officer at Columbia Care, and has been the Chair of their Scientific Advisory Board since 2014.
Trained as an internist and oncologist in the Harvard Hospitals, she moved to early Amgen, Inc. where she led Clinical Development teams that filed successful INDs, and Marketing applications in the 1990s. She subsequently moved to apply her expertise to the public equity markets in NY, where she was well known in the Biotechnology and Specialty Pharma sectors.
She has held roles as a Director or a consultant to many companies and firms, and has been a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (her alma mater) for more than a decade.
Dr Rosemary Mazanet
Daniel Couch, MB ChB MRCS MBA PhD, completed his medical degree in 2007, graduating from the University of Leicester, and has worked internationally in General Surgery after achieving membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2011.
Daniel completed his PhD in 2018 from the University of Nottingham on cannabinoid pharmacology, focussing on the use of CBD in humans, and has 12 internationally published scientific papers.
Daniel also recently completed his MBA from the University of Nottingham, awarded as the highest ranked student of the year. He has ongoing interests in entrepreneurship, having started two successful companies.
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Dr Matthew Brown MD (Res) MRCS FRCA FFPMRCA is a consultant in pain medicine. Matt trained at King’s College London, winning the War Memorial and Wolfson Foundation Scholarships and graduating with distinction. His clinical training in pain medicine was conducted at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Matt fulfilled his long-term interest in clinical research by gaining a National Institute for Health Research’s Academic Clinical Fellowship. This enabled him to conduct novel, award-winning research into pain at both Imperial College and King’s College, London. Subsequently Matt completed a Doctorate in Medicine at the Institute of Cancer Research (becoming the first anaesthetist in the Institute’s history to do so and winning the Chairman’s Prize at graduation). Matt has published and lectured widely on the subject of pain in cancer.
His research interests include pain in cancer survivors and unmet need in this population, persistent post-surgical pain, chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and the use of medical cannabis.
David Casarett MD MA is a palliative care physician and health services researcher whose major research interest is understanding and improving the way that health systems care for patients near the end of life. He is a professor of Medicine at Duke University and the Chief of Palliative Care for Duke Health where he directs the Duke Center for Palliative Care.
Dr. Casarett is the principal of Cannabis Outcomes, a full-service research and consulting group focused on bringing methodologic expertise to medical cannabis research and care delivery.
Dr Matthew BrownDr David Casarett
Charles Akle is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and was awarded the prestigious Hallett Prize, in addition to a number of awards and prizes in his undergraduate career. He trained in Medicine at Guy’s Hospital in London and researched into transplantation and immunology early in his career, obtaining his Master of Surgery degree. This set the scene for his return to active medical research after retirement.
He was a prominent London-based surgeon and a pioneer in the development of laparoscopic surgery, helping to train many of today’s excellent surgeons in Europe. He was also active in establishing and promoting a better relationship between the private and public health sectors in the UK, building on the fact that many new developments in medicine, such as In vitro Fertilisation and laparoscopic surgery, began in the private sector.
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Dr Atkinson has comprehensive academic and industry experience in technology development, project management, new product application, and systems optimisations in medical, drug development, genomics and biological applications. He is a member of the founding team developing Grow Biotech from a start up to a now international Cannabis biotechnology company.
Dr Atkinson is also the Co-founder / COO of Cannabis research company Lunaverse Inc, Co-founder / CTO of medical device company Innovative Trauma Care Inc and CSO of Biobasix Solutions Inc, a management consulting firm that developed novel therapeutics for rare diseases.
He has a combined PhD in Plant Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Alberta and Post-doctoral fellowship at University of California Berkeley.
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As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Keith Aqua brings more than 25 years of industry experience as a certified clinical investigator to Mile High Labs. He is responsible for the development of Mile High Labs’ clinical trial program to advance the world’s research on CBD applications and their medical effects on humans.
Alongside his clinical research, Dr. Aqua is a board certified obstetrician/gynecologist with a thriving private practice. He received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from The Ohio State University. After completing his residency at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Centre, he co-founded the Institute for Women’s Health and Body, a large single specialty group located in Palm Beach County, Florida. In 2001, he founded Visions Clinical Research and in 2015 the Atlantic Clinical Research Collaborative.
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Co-founder of MessageSpace, a digital advertising agency based in Westminster which works with political parties, charities, trade unions and campaigns. He founded the popular Guido Fawkes political news website in Britain. Paul is also a director of GGN, an investment holding company in Hong Kong and Campaign Action in Ireland, where he lives.
Mr. Anand is a recognized thought leader in the Canadian cannabis space and brings 15 years of leadership experience in the health, charitable/non-profit, and private sectors in Canada.
Within the global cannabis sector, Mr. Anand has worked with senior government officials, politicians, policy makers, health professional organizations, clinical practitioners, educators, investors, patients as well as producers. He has also served on the boards of various pharmaceutical associations across Canada, the United States and Europe. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration and Management from Vancouver Island University.
Advisory BoardWe’re grateful to our domain experts for their help.
Paul Staines Deepak Anand
Nick is the Chief Executive of Memery Crystal and a senior partner in the firm’s corporate team. Memery Crystal are the leading UK law firm on advising the emerging cannabis sector on business set-up, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private fundraising, licencing and commercial contracts. Nick has a personal interest in Medicinal Cannabis as a Trustee of the charity ‘Olivia’s Vision’, the UK’s leading Uveitis charity raising awareness of the condition from which his daughter, Olivia, suffers. Uveitis, like many autoimmune diseases, are being targeted for medical cannabis research. Nick has been widely quoted in both TV and print media in respect of the emergence of Cannabis as an asset class.
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Sarah is a Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests focus on patient safety, specifically relating to medication errors, medicines optimisation and the use of electronic patient records.
Sarah is also the Editorial Lead for the SCRIPT eLearning programme, a national web-based programme available to prescribers across the NHS. She oversees the development and maintenance of new and existing modules across all variants of the programme. She supervises research to investigate users’ reaction to eLearning, whether intended learning outcomes are being achieved, and whether learning changes practice.
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CMC financial support comes from global industry leaders, investors and philanthropists. We only accept funding from legal licensed companies operating in the medicinal cannabis sector and serving patients in Europe and other global markets.
Support and FundingA passionate advocate and practitioner of both critical thinking and tactical cross-pollination of disciplines, Sepe holds a Doctorate in Bioengineering from the University of Oxford.
Sepe’s innovative approach to problem solving fuelled through the application of diverse scientific fields, analytics, neuroscience, behavioural science and evidence-based principles has led him to contribute to various high-profile initiatives ranging from President Obama’s Transition Health Policy, to the UK Prime Minister’s Sustainable Development Plan, to the late Dr Richard Rockefeller’s innovative healthcare models.
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Engaging Policy Stakeholders
CMC is working with industry stakeholders to develop self regulation and a UK kitemark certification backed by a process of quality assurance. For more information on our in depth CBD research studies please see the CBD report in the next section.
CMC is currently working with medical, academic and regulatory stakeholders with a view to commissioning national clinical trials for CBMPs to be jointly financed between industry and government. This is in an effort to expedite medical access in the UK that might otherwise take many years if left to develop organically.
We are engaged with four governmental departments/agencies concerning the medicinal cannabis agenda in the UK. These are the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC), the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE), the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and The Home Office. The aim of this work is to potentially expedite public access to CBMPs beyond their current trajectory employing randomised controlled trials, based upon the availability of real world data.
Please see Policy Stakeholders under CMC Network (page 20) for more detailed information on each of these agencies.
CBD Regulation
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CBD UK Policy Report Outline and Term of Reference
In Q2 2019, the CMC is undertaking a new research project on cannabidiol (CBD) in the UK to be published in June. This project, led by our Policy Lead Blair Gibbs, will generate a detailed policy report examining the state of the CBD market in the UK, the political and regulatory context, and make recommendations.
This report will not attempt to estimate consumer spending patterns or quantify the size and value of segments in this rapidly expanding market. Instead, the CMC’s report will focus on the more vital issues relating to policy, the status of the law and the interests of consumers. It will set out how CBD products are regulated in the UK and the gaps and areas of potential weakness in those rules.
In reviewing the status of the law and the regulatory landscape around CBD in the UK, the report will compare approaches taken in other jurisdictions. It will address definitions, the recent outcomes of EU and WHO reviews, as well as summarise the research around the health impacts of CBD and the wider evidence base.
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The CMC undertakes rigorous research to produce exclusive reports for our members. We also produce reports for public dissemination. Below you will find examples of these offerings.
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The report will conclude with recommendations that are evidence-based and politically deliverable, with the overarching goal of helping the industry, regulators and policy-makers, to reach agreement on the best way forward. In order to support the growth of a responsible, innovative and consumer-friendly CBD market in the years ahead, the report will make proposals around best practice and quality standards so that the UK can improve its regulation of CBD products.
Our objective for this project is to inform policy-makers, the media and the public about the present context for CBD, and to outline how the UK can ensure those who seek the health benefits of cannabidiol are better protected. In so doing, we aim to set out an approach that, if adopted here, would likely influence other regimes globally.
For further information or inquiries regarding research into our CBD report, contact: [email protected]
The report will summarise the sources of CBD, the supply chain for products, and the rules governing hemp cultivation and CBD extraction, processing and importation. The report will profile a selection of the product range in the market and explore how consumers use CBD currently, including new survey data and analysis.
The theme of the report will be on protecting consumers, and consistent with the CMC’s core mission to support patients, the CBD review will look at how to ensure high standards, and how best to support consumers to access quality products, and make educated decisions with the fullest information.
To this end, the review will include consideration of practices around labeling, traceability, testing regimens, and distribution and retail practices. The CMC has commissioned original laboratory testing to inform the recommendations based on a sampling of retail products being sold in the UK currently and the implications of these findings, in line with the approach taken by other research institutes in Europe.
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In particular the report focuses upon risk of addiction, risk of psychosis, the potential for drug interaction, and the similarities, disadvantages, and advantages relative to the alternative: opiates and their analogues.
This work is supported with both patient and clinician testimonies.
Finally and in summary: the report will consider why unlike in other jurisdictions where use in pain is permitted, in the UK this is not so, what would have to change, and how the CMC might support researchers, research funding authorities, producers, and regulators to permit use of CBMPs for pain within the UK.
Our objective for this project is to inform policy stakeholders, producers, media, the public, patients and their carers about the present context for use of CBMPs in pain, how it differs in this respect from other jurisdictions, and to outline how in the UK those who seek NHS safe access for pain might be satisfied in the future.
For further information or to make input for the research for the pain report, contact: [email protected]
Use of Cannabis Based Medicinal Products (CBMP) in Pain
In Q1 2019 the CMC undertook a research project on the use of CBMPs in pain in the UK. This project, led by our Science Lead Dr Saoirse O’Sullivan, generated a detailed report examining the science behind CBMPs, future potential for use of CBMPs in pain within the UK, the legislative and regulatory context, and made recommendations.
Current usage of CBMPs for pain relief is extra judicial in the UK. There is no NICE guidance that permits such use even relating to CBMPs with current marketing authority from the MRHA. This report therefore does not attempt to estimate consumer spending patterns or quantify the size and value of segments in this rapidly expanding market. Instead, the CMC’s report focus on surveys of patient use, the science behind current use, effective dose regimens, routes and modes of administration, variability in dose response and the issues that arise, side- effects, and the potential for future regulated use by disorder.
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Medicinal Cannabis in the UK: A Blueprint for Reform
While this report addresses some of the shortcomings of the current UK approach, it is designed to be forward-looking and constructive, in order to help those who are tasked with setting policy, and implementing guidelines and regulations, as well as those who must work on behalf of patients - the physicians, pharmacists, and providers - to navigate this new and unfamiliar system.
For this reason our report is mostly focused on providing constructive suggestions for improving the current medicinal cannabis system, based on better practice elsewhere. It draws on policy insights,scientific data, industry experience, stakeholder perspectives, and patient attitudes.
The report makes 30 recommendations and outlines the steps that should be taken if the policy objectives we describe are to be achieved. It concludes by describing a vision for the future and makes the case for the government to now develop a strategy to deliver that vision.
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Our Annual Policy Summit takes place in June. These events will be exclusively for our members, clinicians, policy makers and regulators and is the foremost event of its kind in the UK. By invitation only.
We inaugurate an annual lecture delivered by a distinguished clinician or scientist on a chosen theme related to medicinal cannabis. In April 2019 the lecture was conducted by Professor Iain McGregor: the Academic Director of the Lambert Initiative and an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow. He is responsible for academic and organisational leadership, strategic direction, governance and reporting, and the development and achievement of preclinical and clinical research strategies. By invitation only.
The CMC can draw on our network to enable custom events on request. As an example we recently arranged a trip for British MPs to visit medicinal cannabis operations in Canada. These services are available on consultation and are not included in the membership fee.
Our member-exclusive reports are a result of rigorous research by leading experts. Member exclusive webinars will be hosted by the experts that produce our reports to share their findings.
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The CMC draw on the knowledge of our team of experts to produce credible and actionable advisory statements. We use these statements to engage with the person or department that needs such information to guide them to take the necessary action. An example of such a campaign was recently engaging with the Chair of the UK Foods Standards Agency on the topic of improved regulations concerning cannabidiol (CBD) and offering collaboration which would involve access to CMC experts, council and members.
CMC experts provide consultancy services on a number of levels. We actively engage, seek collaboration and offer expert consultations with Policy Stakeholders as they navigate the complexities of cannabis science and policy. We also provide boutique consultancy benefits to our members on matters such as government relations, public affairs, events management and media engagement. Please be aware that custom member services are available on consultation and are not included in the membership fee.
We regret that we cannot offer consultancy services that may undermine impartiality towards any of our membership.
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The DHSC has a role in both the development and regulation of medicinal cannabis, now that CMBPs have schedule 2 status. Therefore, it has instructed the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to produce a clinical guideline on the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products for medicinal use in humans. This guidance is expected by October 2019 at the latest. Secondly, it works with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to ensure their themed call “cannabis-based products for medicinal use” attracts research proposals that will address NHS priorities and emerging clinical practice.
NICE provide evidence-based recommendations developed by independent committees, including professionals and lay members, and consulted on by stakeholders. They are due to publish prescribing guidelines for cannabis based medicinal products in October 2019. The CMC, along with CannPASS, Families4Access and United Patients Alliance, represent the voice of patient and parent stakeholders, providing insight and attending workshops throughout this process.
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Policy StakeholdersThe medicinal cannabis agenda in the UK involves a wide network of public and private stakeholders, who each have an important role to play in creating a viable regime for patient access. We are engaged with four governmental departments/agencies.
MHRA is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, are safe and are of an appropriate quality. MHRA’s primary aim is to safeguard public health through a system of regulation. Pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors operating in the UK marketplace are subject to a system of licensing and inspection, which ensures that licensed medicinal products conform to internationally-agreed standards, and that those medicines are manufactured/imported, stored and distributed in compliance with the required regulatory standards.
Companies and individuals in England, Wales or Scotland need to apply for Home Office licences if they wish to produce, supply, possess, import or export ‘controlled drugs’. For the purposes of the UN Convention on the control of Narcotics, the Home Office additionally acts as, and discharges the functions of, the National Cannabis Agency.
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The CMC draws upon the collective knowledge of our esteemed Clinician and Scientist Board which is an authoritative panel of senior specialist cannabis clinicians and scientists. These experts cover a broad range of disciplines and are each distinguished within their respective field.
CMC can also take council relating to policy, innovation, education, legal and other fields thanks to the knowledge and experience of our Advisory Board.
To learn more about CMC Clinician and Scientist Board and Advisory Board please see the About CMC section of this prospectus (page 3).
The CMC run a dedicated platform that facilitates the exchange of ideas and research findings between cannabinoid researchers to stimulate research activity and enable support from the CMC and our members. Researchers may produce a document - based on our template - covering their proposed or existing research and including their contact details. These documents are made available to our members via our exclusive members portal.
For more information on the members portal please see CMC Membership Benefits - in Exclusive Members Portal on page 23.
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The CMC assisted the University of Birmingham to produce online training materials for trainee doctors concerning CBMPs at the request of Health Education England (HEE), a public body of the Department of Health. The HEE’s function is to provide national leadership and coordination for the education and training within the health and public health workforce. The resulting training materials are also available to all UK medical professionals.
As our US members will be fully aware, the NHS operates in a very different manner to the US system. Cannabis based medicines are unlicensed medicines in the UK. Under the UK Medicines Act it is an offence to promote an unlicensed medicine to the public or medical practitioners. Within the UK public health system a prescriber has little influence on which brand of medicine a patient will receive via the NHS. With these points in mind, for the time being, direct access to medical practitioners is not likely to be a significant entry point into the UK market. Patient access is liable to be via entry into clinical trials, thus supporting these trials will likely be a more effective route to market.
The CMC hosts a dedicated webpage for UK clinicians (prescribers & medical practitioners) where they can see the latest CMC activities that may interest them. A dedicated email channel ([email protected]) is available for any questions they may have surrounding CBMPs. These queries will be addressed by our medical support department.
At the end of the day, all the work the CMC does will have the greatest impact on the thousands of UK patients that will benefit from safe access to CBMPs. To ensure that we fully understand the needs of UK medicinal cannabis patients and carers we work closely with patient cannabis advocacy groups such as UK’s Cannabis Patient Advocacy & Support Services (CannPASS), the United Patients Alliance (UPA) and Families 4 Access. All these non profit organisations work to support patients, parents and carers whilst promoting safe, effective, affordable and equitable access to medicinal cannabis for all who could benefit.
CMC members are committed to meeting patient needs by producing the highest quality cannabis based medicine. They share our determination that patient access should no longer be reliant upon the illegal criminal market.
The majority of CMC funding is provided by our members (see About CMC - Funding on page 12 for more details on how the CMC is supported). In the following section we outline the exclusive benefits our members gain from supporting CMC.
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Becoming a CMC member grants you high level access to a wide network of medicinal cannabis public and private stakeholders with an important role to play in creating a viable regime for patient access. However, it does not end there. We offer an array of member benefits to ensure your company is at the forefront of UK medicinal cannabis and CBD research, regulation and policy reform.
The CMC undertakes rigorous research to produce exclusive UK focused reports for our members. To see an example of a recent report please see CMC Work - Members Exclusive Report on page 15.
The CMC members portal gives members access to an exclusive overview of existing and proposed cannabinoid clinical trials in the UK. This provides an entry point to the UK medicinal cannabis market. The clinicians and researchers performing the actual cannabinoid clinical trials make available a dossier including the contact details of the responsible clinician or researcher, by which members may contact them directly.
The CMC offer this service to give a transparent view to all members of the current state of cannabinoid research that is happening in the UK in realtime. This grants our members a valuable resource that is a level playing field for participation in UK cannabinoid research and clinical trials.
We have an engaging programme of public events, member exclusive events, seminars, lectures and webinars which enable our members to network with our broad community of experts, influencers and stakeholders.
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With the support of our members the CMC undertakes incomparable policy analysis and rigorous research such as our Blueprint and reports. These reports and commentary will dictate the development of UK medicinal cannabis and CBD policy. CMC membership ensures that you are able to review and help shape these outputs empowering you to be a part of the UK cannabis debate and consultation process in policy reform.
Bespoke services are only available to members, including government relations, public affairs, events management and media engagement. These services are available upon consultation and are not included in the membership fee. We regret that we cannot offer consultancy services that may undermine impartiality towards any of our membership.
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