JAZZ - Japanese University Will Research Marijuana's Medical Uses In First-Of-Its-Kind Collaboration With Australian Company | Benzinga

An Australian, vertically integrated plant-based medicine company, Cannatrek, will collaborate with a Japanese University to empower research on medical marijuana. 

What happened: Cannatrek reported Tuesday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with Mie University in Tsu, Japan, to establish an open partnership on advancing medical research into the use of marijuana. 

The collaboration news comes some two months after Japan's Parliament passed a bill legalizing medical products derived from cannabis.

Previously, substances containing compounds derived from marijuana plants have been only allowed in clinical trials, but patient groups have been pushing for change. They have been seeking approval for cannabis-derived CBD medicines, such as Full story available on Benzinga.com