When it comes to evidence, Australia’s medicinal cannabis industry is rising to the challenge

Patient access to medicinal cannabis is still hampered by ongoing cynicism from some sections of the medical profession. Industry consultant Fiona Wilson looks at the companies doing their bit to prove the doubters wrong.

Since November 2016, the Australian regulatory framework has allowed legal access to medicinal cannabis as an unregistered medicine via the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s special access and authorised prescriber schemes.