Pharma C Investments - Investment in Summerway Capital
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Pharma C Investments PLC
28 March 2022
28 March 2022
Pharma C Investments Plc
("Pharma C" or the "Company")
Investment in Summerway Capital
Pharma C Investments (AQSE: PCIL), an early-stage investor and venture
builder in the medical cannabis industry, is pleased to announce that it has
completed its second investment through its participation in a placing by
Summerway Capital Plc (AIM:SWC) ("Summerway"), Summerway has been
readmitted to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange following the
acquisition of Vertigrow Technology Ltd ("Vertigrow") and will be renamed as
Celadon Pharmaceuticals Plc. .
Pharma C has invested £100,000 at the placing price of 165p per share for
60,606 ordinary shares in Summerway.
Vertigrow is a UK-based company whose goal is to become the provider and
partner of choice for pharmaceutical cannabinoid-based medicines in the
highly regulated UK market. Celadon is believed to be one of the first
pharmaceutical companies in the UK to receive a Home Office licence,
following approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency ("MHRA") to apply for the licence, allowing it to grow high
tetrahydrocannabinol ("THC") medicinal cannabis.
Highlights
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Celadon has a 100,000 square foot facility located in the Midlands, UK,
that comprises a laboratory designed to meet UK-GMP standards, with
capacity for a large indoor hydroponic growing facility in accordance
with GACP guidelines.
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Celadon's strategy is to facilitate access to cannabinoid-based
medicines by undertaking trials, documenting and sharing the
resulting data and educating physicians. Following receipt of the
relevant UK-GMP authorisation from the MHRA, and a new licence
from the Home Office, Celadon intends to cultivate and manufacture
active pharmaceutical ingredient ("API") from its own facilities for sale
to the UK manufacturing market.
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Celadon has an emerging portfolio of partner companies across
therapeutic indications, with a majority shareholding in LVL Health
chronic pain clinic and a minority stake in Kingdom Therapeutics, an
early-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a cannabinoidbased licensed medicine for autism spectrum disorder
Further information is available at https://celadonpharma.co.uk/
Gavin Sathianathan, Pharma C Investment Strategy Director, said: "This is
another major step for Pharma C. We have known the team at Vertigrow and
followed the progress for the last few years. Their approach to putting the
patient first and their engagement with the regulators at both NICE and the
MHRA put them at the forefront of the UK cannabinoid industry. We believe
that their work in running trials, sharing data and engaging physicians will
lead to the broader adoption of pharmaceutical cannabinoids in the UK, with
the potential to millions of people suffering from chronic pain."
James Short, CEO of Summerway, said: "We are pleased to welcome Pharma
C as investors in Celadon. We both share the same ambition to improve the
lives of patients suffering from chronic pain with cannabinoid medicines, and
I look forward to working with the team at Pharma C to help take Celadon
forwards"
The Directors of Pharma C Investments plc take responsibility for this
announcement.
This announcement contains information which, prior to its disclosure, was
inside information as stipulated under Regulation 11 of the Market Abuse
(Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/310 (as amended).
- Ends Gavin Sathianathan, Investment Strategy Director, Pharma C Investments
gavin@pharmacinvestments.com
David Coffman / Lucy Bowden
Novum Securities
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Tel: +44 207 399 9429
About Pharma C
Pharma C Investments is an investment vehicle targeting the legal medicinal
cannabis industry globally. The Company is seeking to identify breakout
companies within the legal markets with a particular focus on the UK, EU and
Israel and will provide capital, strategic insights and operational support.
Pharma C is run by cannabis entrepreneurs who understand the unique
challenges of the legal cannabis industry and thus can provide invaluable
support and expertise for growing companies.
About Celadon Pharma
Following completion of the acquisition of Vertigrow Technology Ltd
("Celadon"), Summerway Capital Plc (renamed as Celadon Pharmaceuticals
Plc) is a UK based pharmaceutical company targeting the research,
cultivation, manufacturing and supply of cannabinoid-based medicines. Its
primary focus is on improving quality of life for chronic pain sufferers, as
well as exploring the potential of cannabinoid-based medicines for other
conditions such as autism. Its UK facility comprises a laboratory designed to
meet UK-GMP standards, and capacity for a large indoor hydroponic growing
facility that has received a Home Office Licence to legally grow high THC
medicinal cannabis for the purpose of producing test batches of cannabis oil
to support its application to the MHRA. The Company's subsidiary, LVL, owns
a MHRA conditionally approved cannabis trial using cannabis based
medicinal products to treat chronic pain in the UK.
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