Me ka honua o ka ʻoihana cannabis, ua hoʻomaka kekahi o nā ʻoihana nui o ka honua e hōʻike i kā lākou makemake. Ma waena o lākou ʻo Philip Morris International (PMI), ʻo ka hui paka nui loa o ka honua e ka mākeke mākeke a ʻo kekahi o nā mea pāʻani makaʻala loa i ka ʻoihana cannabis.
ʻAʻole ʻo Philip Morris Companies Inc. (PMI) wale nō ka mea hana paka nui loa o ka honua (ʻike maikaʻi ʻia no kāna brand Marlboro) akā ʻo ia ka lua o ka meaʻai nui loa ma ka honua. Ke hana nei ka hui ma waena o ka paka, ka meaʻai, ka pia, ke kālā, a me ka waiwai paʻa, me ʻelima mau lālā nui a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau hui pili honua, e alakaʻi ana i nā ʻoihana ma mua o 180 mau ʻāina a me nā ʻāpana.
ʻOiai ua hana nā hoa e like me Altria a me British American Tobacco (BAT) i nā neʻe kiʻekiʻe i ka mākeke cannabis leʻaleʻa, ua hoʻohana ʻo PMI i kahi ʻano haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka noʻonoʻo: ka nānā ʻana i ka cannabis lapaʻau, hoʻokumu i nā hui R&D, a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā huahana i nā mākeke paʻa e like me Kanada.
ʻOiai ke nānā pinepine ʻole ʻia, hoʻomaka ka hoʻolālā cannabis a PMI, me nā hui hou e ʻōlelo nei he hoʻomaka wale nō kēia.
He ʻumi makahiki i ka hana ʻana: PMI's Long-Term Cannabis Strategy
ʻO ka makemake o PMI i ka cannabis i hoʻi i kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi makahiki. I ka makahiki 2016, ua hana ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokele waiwai ma Syqe Medical, kahi hui ʻIseraʻela i ʻike ʻia no kāna mau inhalers cannabis precision-dosed. Ua hoʻopau ʻia kēia hoʻopukapuka i ka loaʻa piha ʻana i ka makahiki 2023, e hōʻailona ana i ka kūʻai mua ʻana o ka cannabis nui a PMI.
ʻO ka wikiwiki i ka 2024–2025, ua hoʻonui ʻo PMI i kāna mākeke ma o kāna ʻoihana lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka olakino olakino, ʻo Vectura Fertin Pharma:
A. I Kepakemapa 2024, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Vectura i kāna huahana cannabis mua, ʻo Luo CBD lozenges, i hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka hui pū ʻana me Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NASDAQ: ACB) a me kāna kahua lapaʻau Kanada.
B. I Ianuali 2025, hoʻolaha ʻo PMI i kahi hui lapaʻau a me ka ʻepekema me ka cannabinoid-focused biopharmaceutical company Avicanna Inc. (OTC: AVCNF) no ka noiʻi hou ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe maʻi ma o Avicanna's MyMedi.ca platform.
"Ua hōʻike mau ʻo PMI i ka makemake i ka lāʻau lapaʻau lapaʻau," wahi a Aaron Gray, ka luna hoʻomalu ma Global Partnerships, i kahi ninaninau Forbes. "He mea hoʻomau kēia o kēlā hoʻolālā."
Lapaʻau Mua, Leʻaleʻa Ma hope
Hoʻokaʻawale loa ka hoʻolālā PMI me Altria's $1.8 biliona hoʻopukapuka ma Cronos Group a me BAT's C$125 miliona hui pū me Organigram, ʻo ia mau mea ʻelua i kālele i nā mea kūʻai aku a i ʻole ka cannabis hoʻohana kanaka makua.
I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ke ʻalo nei ʻo PMI i ka mākeke leʻaleʻa a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻike hōʻike, nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kūpono no nā ʻōnaehana olakino. ʻO kāna hui pū ʻana me Avicanna e hōʻike ana i kēia: hui pū ka hui me SickKids Hospital a me ka University Health Network a ʻo ia kekahi ʻāpana o Johnson & Johnson's JLABS incubator.
"He pāʻani lōʻihi kēia," wahi a Gray. "Ke ʻike nei ʻo Big Tobacco i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻano hoʻohana ma waena o nā mea kūʻai aku ʻōpio, ke neʻe nei mai ka paka a me ka waiʻona i ka cannabis, a ke hoʻonohonoho nei ʻo PMI iā ia iho."
ʻO nā hana hou a PMI i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Kanada, kahi e ʻae ai nā lula federal i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka cannabis lapaʻau ikaika a me ka hōʻoia hōʻoia. ʻO kāna hui 2024 me Aurora i hoʻolauna i kahi moʻolelo dissolvable CBD lozenge, i hana ʻia e Vectura's subsidiary Cogent a hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka pūnaewele pololei-i-maʻi o Aurora.
Ua haʻi ʻo Michael Kunst, Luna Hoʻokele o Vectura Fertin Pharma, i kahi hoʻokuʻu, "E ʻae kēia hoʻolaha iā mākou e hana i kahi hopena koʻikoʻi i nā mea maʻi a hōʻoia i kā mākou mau koi huahana ma o ka ʻikepili maʻi maʻi maoli."
Eia nō naʻe, kōkua ka hui ʻo Avicanna i ka PMI e hoʻohui i loko o ka ʻōnaehana lāʻau lapaʻau alakaʻi ʻia e ka lāʻau lapaʻau o Kanada, e hoʻohālikelike ana me kāna ʻano kaulana, hoʻoponopono mua.
Pāʻani i ka pāʻani lōʻihi
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dan Ahrens, Luna Hoʻokele o AdvisorShares, "Ma muli o ka hana liʻiliʻi a mākou i ʻike ai mai ka PMI a hiki i kēia manawa, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e kali ana nā hui e like me PMI no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻoponopono ākea, ʻoiai ma US"
"E hoʻopili ʻia ka wikiwiki a me ka nui o ka hoʻohui ʻana e ke kaiapuni hoʻoponopono," i hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Todd Harrison, ka mea hoʻokumu o CB1 Capital, ma Forbes. "Akā he mea hōʻoia hou kēia e komo nā ʻoihana kūʻai kūʻai kahiko i kēia mākeke."
Maikaʻi, ma mua o ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻano mea kūʻai aku ʻike kiʻekiʻe, ke hoʻopukapuka nei ʻo PMI i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana, ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka huahana, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi noho ma ka ʻoihana cannabis lapaʻau. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ke kau nei ia i ke kumu no ka hana mau i ka mākeke cannabis honua - kahi i kūkulu ʻia ʻaʻole ma luna o ka hōʻailona uila akā ma ka ʻepekema, ke komo ʻana i ka mea maʻi, a me ka hilinaʻi hoʻoponopono.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-17-2025