PharmaCielo Expands Further Into Latin America With Sales Agreement to Supply CBD Extracts, Oils and Veterinary Products to Laboratorios Adler
Aug 13, 2019, 08:00 ET
- CBD extracts and oils to be used in Adler's portfolio of veterinary products for pain and cancer treatment in large and domestic animals
- Agreement also includes supply of Creso Pharma's anibidiol® products
- This is PharmaCielo's first foray into the growing veterinary CBD market
- Agreement covers sales and distribution in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Southern Brazil
TORONTO and MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug. 13, 2019 /CNW/ - PharmaCielo Ltd. ("PharmaCielo" or the "Company") (TSXV:PCLO, OTC:PHCEF), the Canadian parent of Colombia's premier cultivator and producer of medicinal-grade cannabis oil, PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S., announced it has signed a sales agreement with Uruguay-based Laboratorios Adler ("Adler"). According to the agreement, PharmaCielo will provide Adler with bulk CBD extracts, bulk and bottled CBD oils and veterinary products that will be sold by Adler in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Southern Brazil.
The four-and-a-half-year agreement with option for renewal signals PharmaCielo's foray into the high-growth veterinary CBD treatment and wellness market. This is also the first collaboration between PharmaCielo and Creso Pharma that includes sub-contracting to Creso the responsibility for manufacture and supply of Creso's veterinary feed products, anibidiol® 2.5 and anibidiol® 8, with export approval received from the Swiss Cantonal regulator.
"This exciting entry into the animal health marketplace through the agreement with Adler is an example of PharmaCielo executing on its strategic objectives to supply both bulk oil and proprietary products to customers using established large chain distributors," said David Attard, CEO with PharmaCielo Ltd. "Including Creso Pharma's animal health products also demonstrates both the mutual strategic value of our Creso acquisition proposal, which will be fully realized upon completion of the transaction, and the value of branded, fully manufactured product to provide enhanced margin opportunity. We are thrilled about the potential this agreement brings to all parties, and we look forward to working with our Latin American and European partners."
A manufacturer and importer of products for animal treatment, Laboratorios Adler services a wide range of customers from pet shops to veterinary clinics and wholesale distributors of veterinary products. The CBD-based products that Adler will distribute in its area are designed for trauma pain and cancer-related pain treatment for domestic and large animals.
"We are seeing increased demand for CBD-based veterinary products across all our markets as customers look for natural solutions to address pain, stress and a variety of other ailments in both domestic and large animals," said Adriana Adler, Chief Financial Officer with Laboratories Adler S.A. "Partnering with PharmaCielo gives us an incredible advantage in this rapidly developing category. Creso Pharma's anibidiol® line of products, targeting stress, behavioral problems and chronic pain, along with PharmaCielo's CBD isolate, among the purest and highest quality we've seen, make a great addition to our product portfolio."
Development of the sales and distribution agreement was initiated in collaboration with Medara S.A., a Uruguay-based company that acts as PharmaCielo's representative in several Latin American countries and is responsible for cultivating and maintaining strong channel relationships with local manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers as well as supporting market growth in the region.
PharmaCielo initiatives for distribution of its CBD products in expanded markets as identified in the agreement with Adler have been shared with TSXV for review as agreed.
About PharmaCielo
PharmaCielo Ltd. (TSXV:PCLO, OTC:PHCEF) is a global company, headquartered in Canada, with a focus on ethical and sustainable processing and supplying of all natural, medicinal-grade cannabis oil extracts and related products to large channel distributors. PharmaCielo's principal (and wholly owned) subsidiary is PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S., headquartered at its nursery and propagation centre located in Rionegro, Colombia.
The boards of directors and executive teams of both PharmaCielo and PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings are comprised of a diversely talented group of international business executives and specialists with relevant and varied expertise. PharmaCielo recognized the significant role that Colombia's ideal location will play in building a sustainable business in the medical cannabis industry, and the Company, together with its directors and executives, is executing on a business plan focused on supplying the international marketplace.
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About Laboratorios Adler S.A.
Laboratorios Adler is a Montevideo, Uruguay-based laboratory leader in anti-parasitic treatments with solid distribution networks within the market of domestic and large animals in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Southern Brazil. Its co-owners, Adriana Adler (PhD in Animal Nutrition), Rodrigo Mora (PhD in Drug Manufacturing Processes) and Andrés Adler (Veterinary), have a deep knowledge of the needs of the veterinary market and are actively expanding Adler's product portfolio in the area.
About Medara S.A.
Medara is a Montevideo, Uruguay-based sales representative agency that conducts market analysis and focused business development on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry. The company is led by Jorge Giribone (MD Biology, University of Buenos Aires), former president of the Argentinean Chamber of Importers of Medical Equipment (CADIEM) and owner of several companies in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay acquired by Terumo BCT (formerly GambroBCT), on whose behalf he worked as Latin America General Manager.
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