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Wholesalers will be able to hold stocks of cannabis-based medicines for future supply, ready for pharmacies to order for patients with prescriptions, the DH has announced.
Most cannabis-based medicines are imported from overseas, and wholesalers will now be able to import and store “larger quantities of cannabis-based products”, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) announced on Monday (March 2).
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