Clever Leaves has been granted European Union Good Manufacturing Practices (EU GMP) certification by the Croatian Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED) for its pharmaceutical post-harvest facility and laboratory located outside Bogota, Colombia, to produce Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), semi-finished and finished cannabis products for medical purposes.
"The certification recognizes that Clever Leaves’ production facilities comply with quality standards and production guidelines required by the EU for the manufacturing of cannabis and hemp-based pharmaceutical products," the team with the company explains. "EU GMP certification is generally required to import medical cannabis products into the European Union and is expected to broaden Clever Leaves’ ability to serve international markets."
“EU GMP certification greatly expands Clever Leaves’ ability to serve the burgeoning European medical cannabis and hemp markets, which have very strict quality, compliance and regulatory requirements. EU GMP certification expands an early mover advantage for Clever Leaves in the pharmaceutical channel as global demand increases and more legal cannabis geographies emerge,” said Kyle Detwiler, CEO of Clever Leaves.
“As the first company in Latin America and one of a few medical cannabis companies in the world with EU GMP certification, this is a major accomplishment for our operations, regulatory, and quality control teams, and speaks to our commitment to provide our clients and patients with high quality and consistent, pharmaceutical grade products,” said Andres Fajardo, President of Clever Leaves.
"Clever Leaves is a global leader in low-cost, high quality and large-scale cannabinoid production. The Company is one of the world’s largest medical cannabis operations in terms of capacity, boasting 1.8 million sq. ft of current cultivation capacity in Colombia and 108,000 kg/year of extraction capacity as well as a pre-licensed cultivation operation in Portugal. Clever Leaves is also pleased to announce that to date the Company has exported products to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Poland and the United States, among others."
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