Media Release
New Zealand’s first medicinal cannabis summit, MedCan 2020, will take place on Monday and Tuesday this week at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, with over 700 registrations.
09 November 2020
Media Release
Level 1 great news for cannabis summit – waiting list now open
“Alert Level 1 is exciting news for large and important events like ours,” says Dr Zahra Champion, Executive Director of BioTechNZ and MedCan Summit 2020 organiser in response to the Prime Minister’s confirmation that Auckland will join the rest of the country on Level 1 at 12.59pm on Wednesday, 7 October.
05 October 2020
BIOTechNZ News
Medicinal cannabis summit timely given economic challenges
t’s only two months until New Zealand’s first medicinal cannabis summit, MedCan 2020, with organisers saying the economic potential of New Zealand’s most exciting sunrise industry is more important than ever before.
07 September 2020
Media Release
New Zealand biotech firm tackling COVID-19 and M. bovis
Auckland-based biotechnology company Pictor has received a double funding boost from government and partners for two crucial development projects to help combat COVID-19 and Mycoplasma bovis.
18 May 2020
Media Release
Initial funding opens doors for national vaccine strategy
New Zealand biotech Avalia Immunotherapies has been awarded bridging funding of $100,000 from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s COVID-19 Innovation Acceleration Fund to start work on securing a COVID-19 vaccine for New Zealand, until a national vaccine strategy is in place.
08 May 2020
Media Release
Call for doctors to attend medicinal cannabis summit
“New Zealand healthcare professionals who say they don’t know enough about medicinal cannabis now have the best opportunity to change that,” says Dr Zahra Champion, Executive Director of BioTechNZ and MedCan Summit 2020 organiser.
02 March 2020
Media Release
BiotechNZ to survey NZ biotechnology companies and supporting organisations
BiotechNZ is surveying NZ biotechnology companies and supporting organisations to find out the state and future opportunities for biotechnology to contribute to New Zealand’s economic growth.
20 February 2020
Media Release
MedCan2020 will help launch the Kiwi medical cannabis industry
The medicinal cannabis industry will significantly boost the New Zealand economy, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.
11 November 2019
Media Release
‘Godfather of Cannabis’ to play role at MedCan 2020
‘The Godfather of Cannabis’, Professor Raphael Mechoulam, will play a key role in New Zealand’s first international medicinal cannabis summit, MedCan 2020.
05 November 2019