Legal and Medical Cannabis Market Investments on the Rise

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NEW YORK, September 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

According to a report by New Frontier Data, medical cannabis sales are forecast to grow to $5.3 billion in 2017, or accounting for 67% of total cannabis sales. By 2025, medical sales in currently legal states are forecast to grow to $13.2 billion and will account for 55% of all sales. Comparatively, adult-use sales in 2017 are forecast to reach $2.6 billion, or rising to $10.9 billion by 2025. This puts emphasis on the state of California, which offers the perfect example of why it is so important to understand trends in consumer behavior. The state's legal industry is forecast to grow from $2.8 billion in 2017, to $5.6 billion in 2020. AmeriCann Inc. (OTC: ACAN), Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBP), Cara Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CARA), Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYNE), AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTC: AXIM).

New Frontier also commented on the growth in cannabis investing over the past two years, including how the investment community has responded to the 2016 general elections. Cannabis stocks have seen significant growth in recent years, with the Viridian Cannabis Stock Index growing 236.1% in 2016 alone. "Cannabis stocks significantly outperformed major indexes in 2016, fueled by speculative investment based on anticipated expansion of new legal markets. In the run up to the election, stocks increased by 207.8% and continued to rise, even with an uncertain future under the new administration. While recent comments by the Trump administration did have an initial dampening effect on the market, we have seen continued growth relative to Q4 2016 whereby cannabis stocks are still outperforming other sectors," said Giadha Aguirre De Carcer, CEO of New Frontier Data.

AmeriCann Inc. (OTCQX: ACAN) an Agricultural-Technology company that is developing the next generation of sustainable, state-of-the-art medical cannabis cultivation properties, announced earlier today that it has secured an equity investment commitment of $10,000,000 from Mountain States Capital, LLC ("MSC").

The majority of the investment from MSC will be utilized to develop the first phase of AmeriCann's flagship project, the Massachusetts Medical Cannabis Center ("MMCC".) This state-of-the-art cannabis cultivation and processing development project is 47 miles from Boston in the midst of the rapidly growing Massachusetts medical cannabis market.

Mountain States Capital released a statement that, "AmeriCann is well positioned to benefit from the recent implementation of the landmark adult-use cannabis program in Massachusetts. The Commonwealth, and the country, needs the sophisticated, technologically advanced facilities that AmeriCann is delivering."

The MMCC project is approved for 1 million square feet, which will be developed in phases and is expected to be one of the most technologically advanced cultivation facilities in the nation.

"Massachusetts is one of the most dynamic developing cannabis markets in the United States," stated AmeriCann CEO Tim Keogh. "Our MMCC project will become a center of excellence for quality, consistency and efficiency and play an important role in helping to provide the cannabis infrastructure the Commonwealth requires."

The project's first phase will consist of a 30,000 square foot greenhouse, laboratory and research center. AmeriCann has agreements with Coastal Compassion, Inc., one of a limited number of licensed operators in the Massachusetts cannabis market. Coastal Compassion, Inc. will lease 100% of the first phase of MMCC upon completion. In addition to funding the initial 30,000 square foot facility, the balance of the equity is expected to be utilized to prepare for projects in other regulated markets.

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBP) is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat rare, chronic, and serious inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Recently the company announced safety, pharmacokinetic and efficacy data from the Phase 2 clinical study of anabasum (formerly known as JBT-101) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis will be presented at the European Cystic Fibrosis Society ("ECFS") 2017 Conference, being held June 7-10, 2017 in Seville, Spain. Anabasum is a novel synthetic oral endocannabinoid-mimetic drug that preferentially binds to the cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2) expressed on activated immune cells and fibroblasts.

Cara Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CARA) is developing lead molecules that selectively modulate peripheral CB receptors without targeting CNS cannabinoid receptors. Peripheral CB receptor modulators will be initially developed as a novel therapeutic approach for neuropathic pain, a condition currently without consistently effective therapies. Cara's most advanced CB compound, CR701, is in preclinical development. Cara's CMO Dr. Joseph Stauffer said, "Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists like CR701 have the potential to provide improved pain relief for patients suffering from neuropathic pain."

Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYNE) is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary next-generation synthetic cannabinoid therapeutics formulated for transdermal delivery. The company recently announced that it has met its enrollment target of 16 patients in its Phase 2 FAB-C (Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome Anxiety and Behavioral Challenges with CBD) clinical trial evaluating ZYN002 cannabidiol (CBD) gel in children with Fragile X syndrome (FXS). ZYN002 CBD gel is the first and only patent-protected, synthetic CBD that is formulated as a permeation-enhanced gel for transdermal delivery, and was awarded orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment for FXS.

AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AXIM) focuses on the research, development and production of cannabis-based pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic products. On May 2, the company announced that the company's product development partner Quay Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has obtained the relevant licenses from the British Home Office to import and work with the controlled drugs that are required to continue the development of AXIM's MedChew Rx® pharmaceutical chewing gum's family of products. To develop and produce the MedChew Rx® family of chewing gums, AXIM Biotech works with its partners to procure cannabis strains, extract and purify the strains into pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids, develop and produce the cannabinoid-containing chewing gum products and afterwards undertake clinical trials.

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