Rua Launches in Germany
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NZX Limited
Wellington
Thursday 27 April, 2023
Rua Launches in Germany
Rua Bioscience (NZX: RUA) has successfully launched its first medicine in Germany. In doing so, the company
has become one of the first medicinal cannabis companies in New Zealand to introduce a branded
product in
Europe’s largest medicinal cannabis market.
Rua Bioscience CEO, Paul Naske, is delighted to have achieved such a critical commercial milestone.
“Launching in Germany has been a long‐held and, frankly, ambitious goal for the company.
We’re delighted to supply German patients with GMP‐quality medicines and look forward
to further
establishing Rua’s presence in Germany,” he says.
The medicinal cannabis product, a high THC flower, has been developed through an extensive R&D programme
by Cann Group, Rua’s Australian manufacturing and supply partner.
“Rua’s unique export‐led strategy positions us as somewhat of an outlier in the New Zealand
industry, but
positions us well globally. Our desire to create opportunity here on the East Coast, our key international
partnerships, and our local investment in genetic discovery, each enhance our ability to access and service
high‐value medicinal cannabis markets around the world.”
Rua’s medicine is distributed by long‐time
partner Nimbus Health, a specialised wholesaler and importer of
cannabinoid formulations from around the world. Founder and managing director, Dr. Alessandro Rossoni,
describes the initial interest in the flower as strong, further underlining Rua’s ambition to become a market
leader in Germany and the EU.
“We have been very eager
to bring the Rua brand to Germany. The quality of the product and its unique
terpene profile has struck chord with German patients and doctors alike. The partnership with Rua is a further
step towards improving product diversity and security of supply in Germany. It will contribute greatly to
improving
quality of life for those patients using medicinal cannabis,” he says.
Analysts expect the German medicinal cannabis market to be worth around NZ$700m and to have grown to
147,000 patients by the close of 2023
1
. Rua is also advancing plans in Poland, which could be worth NZ$92m
by the close of 2023, and is assessing opportunities in Australia where the medicinal cannabis market is
estimated to be worth $106m currently.
It’s in markets like these that Rua expects to secure meaningful revenue so that
the company can continue
create sustainable opportunities in Te Tairāwhiti.
Ends.
This announcement is authorised by:
Paul Naske,
Chief Executive Officer, Rua Bioscience
For more information, please visit www.ruabio.com or contact:
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
PO Box 1387, Gisborne 4040, Aotearoa New Zealand | 0800 RUABIO | www.ruabio.com
Hamish White
Chief Financial Officer, Rua Bioscience
Hamish.white@ruabio.com
Citations:
1. The German Cannabis Report. Prohibition Partners (October 2019).
About Rua’s Cultivation Strategy
Rua has a long‐term, end‐to‐end, supply contract for substantial volumes of GMP‐grade medicinal cannabis at
competitive prices through Cann Group.
Cann’s new cultivation and processing facility at Mildura is considered one of the largest and most advanced in
Australasia ‐ capable of producing 12,500 kilograms of dried
cannabis flower per year. Once fully
commissioned, that capacity will increase to up to 70,000kg per annum. Access to that kind of capacity allows
us to build a meaningful market presence faster and with a greater economy of scale.
Rua’s domestic cultivation aspirations are underpinned by its genetics R&D programme
based in Ruatorea
where Rua is working on the next generation of Rua genetics. Rua’s ultimate goal is to develop world‐class
strains in Te Tairāwhiti, and grow them at scale for distribution to patients internationally.
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