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Helius Celebrates Female Leadership In Cannabis Sector
Monday, 20 September 2021, 1:13 am | Helius Therapeutics
Helius Therapeutics is taking time to reflect on Suffrage Day. On 19 September 1893, New Zealand became the first nation in the world to grant women the right to vote. Now 128 years on, New Zealand has its third female Prime Minister, and almost half ... More >>
Helius Forms Advanced Medicinal Cannabis Collaboration
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 11:47 am | Helius Therapeutics
New Zealand’s largest licenced medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics, has signed an agreement with Auckland University of Technology (AUT). It will see Helius working with AUT academics and doctoral students, researching and developing ... More >>
Call for pharmacists to get ahead of medicinal cannabis surge
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 1:58 pm | Helius Therapeutics
New Zealand’s over 3,500 practising pharmacists need to urgently familiarise themselves with medicinal cannabis. Patient enquiries and demand are set to surge when Kiwi-made products come onto the market later this year, says one pharmacist who should know. ... More >>
Helius Appoints Joanna Perry To Board
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 10:12 am | Helius Therapeutics
Joanna Perry MNZM has been appointed to the Board of Helius Therapeutics - New Zealand’s largest licenced medicinal cannabis company. New Helius board member, Joanna Perry MNZM. The Chartered Accountant Fellow joins as an Independent Director and will Chair ... More >>
Helius Announces Exclusive Move With DATAPHARM
Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 11:40 am | Helius Therapeutics
New Zealand’s largest licenced medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics, has announced an exclusive partnership with DATAPHARM focused on delivering leading prescriber education programmes and resources. New Zealand-owned DATAPHARM is well ... More >>
Helius Discovery Triggers Research To Protect Cannabis Yields
Monday, 3 May 2021, 9:51 am | Helius Therapeutics
New Zealand’s largest licenced medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics, is delighted to be working closely with Plant & Food Research as it looks at ways to diagnose and manage an obscure international plant disease which can significantly ... More >>
Helius Appoints Chief Operating Officer
Friday, 12 February 2021, 10:04 am | Helius Therapeutics
Mary Alice Simon has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Helius Therapeutics - New Zealand’s largest licenced medicinal cannabis company. Ms Simon joins Helius with extensive experience in the pharmaceuticals industry - both in Operations and ... More >>
Medicinal Cannabis Will Deliver Despite Referendum Failure
Friday, 30 October 2020, 2:51 pm | Helius Therapeutics
While the referendum on legalising the personal use of cannabis may have fallen short in the preliminary results, help is still on the way for patients counting on the plant’s therapeutic properties, says New Zealand’s largest medicinal cannabis ... More >>
Cannabis Referendum Remains Tight, With Many Still Undecided
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 6:26 pm | Helius Therapeutics
With early voting now open, an independent survey of nearly 1,500 Kiwis shows the referendum on legalising the personal use of cannabis is incredibly tight when respondents are forced to take a yes or no position. When asked to make a choice between supporting ... More >>
Plenty For Voters To Consider In Cannabis Referendum
Friday, 2 October 2020, 9:43 am | Helius Therapeutics
By Paul Manning For nearly two years my company, Helius Therapeutics, has tracked public opinion on the upcoming cannabis referendum. Our latest survey delivered a dead heat. Polling 1,300 adult New Zealanders in August, and removing the ‘don’t ... More >>
Survey Shows Cannabis Referendum Too Close To Call
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 8:34 am | Helius Therapeutics
With the General Election only weeks away, an independent survey of 1,300 Kiwis shows the referendum on legalising the personal use of cannabis is on a knife-edge. When asked to make a choice between supporting or opposing the Cannabis Legalisation More >>
Helius Secures Commercial Medicinal Cannabis Licence
Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 4:47 pm | Helius Therapeutics
New Zealand’s largest medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics, has secured an all-new commercial Medicinal Cannabis Licence to cultivate and process active cannabis ingredients. Helius Therapeutics’ 8,800sqm state-of-the-art medicinal ... More >>
Maori Strongly Support Cannabis Reform Ahead Of Referendum
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 4:01 pm | Helius Therapeutics
Nearly three-quarters of Maori support legalising cannabis for personal use, with 84% believing prohibition has failed to limit cannabis access and use, according to an independent survey. Less than 12 weeks out from the General Election, 72% of ... More >>
Support Cannabis Legalisation Lifts To 56% Ahead Of Referendum
Monday, 29 June 2020, 8:48 am | Helius Therapeutics
Less than three months out from the General Election, an independent survey of nearly 1,600 Kiwis shows 56% will vote for legalising the personal use of cannabis at the referendum – up from 54% in February. “This result will energise both the yes ... More >>
Time To Harness Economic Potential Of Medicinal Cannabis
Saturday, 27 June 2020, 11:13 am | Helius Therapeutics
With the immediate health crisis largely behind us, New Zealanders are now being encouraged to unite More >>
Helius Secures Major Grant For $2.4m R&D Project
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 9:28 am | Helius Therapeutics
Helius Therapeutics has confirmed it’s the recipient of a substantial grant for its New Zealand-based cultivation, plant breeding and medicines research programme. The $2.4 million research and development project has been approved for co-funding ... More >>
Cannabis Bill Would Provide Timely Economic Boost
Friday, 1 May 2020, 2:33 pm | Helius Therapeutics
“This legislation would deliver significant tax revenue for healthcare, create jobs, and provide many opportunities for new businesses – an increasingly attractive prospect for many Kiwis given the economic fallout from Covid-19,” says Paul Manning, ... More >>
Medicinal Cannabis Scheme takes effect, despite Covid-19
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 10:54 am | Helius Therapeutics
Given the extraordinary circumstances that Covid-19 presents, it admirable the Ministry of Health has forged ahead with the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme, which came into effect as planned on 1 April. More >>
Kiwis believe cannabis prohibition failing, controls preferr
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 10:49 am | Helius Therapeutics
With the COVID-19 pandemic set to see more state governments in the US contemplate legalising personal use cannabis to boost tax revenue and help restore balance sheets, our Government’s draft Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill could gain further ... More >>
Passionate Plea For Doctors To Take MedCan Opportunity
Sunday, 1 March 2020, 12:27 pm | Helius Therapeutics
With exactly one month until the medicinal cannabis regulations come into effect, the industry is passionately appealing to doctors to attend New Zealand’s first ever medicinal cannabis summit in just over two weeks. “Patient enquiries are growing, ... More >>
