Vivo Cannabis Inc (fka VVCIF)

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Harvest Medicine Continues National Expansion with Acquisition of Trauma Healing Centres

somehow missed this one yesterday

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/10/17/1622512/0/en/Harvest-Medicine-Continues-National-Expansion-with-Acquisition-of-Trauma-Healing-Centres.html

NAPANEE, Ontario, Oct. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VIVO Cannabis Inc. (TSX-V: VIVO, OTCQB: VVCIF) (“VIVO” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Harvest Medicine Inc. (“Harvest Medicine” or “HMED”), has completed the acquisition of Trauma Healing Centres (“THC”) from Organigram Holdings Inc..

THC is a multi-disciplinary clinic network that has been providing medical cannabis care and education to thousands of patients in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario since 2014. THC specializes in patient assessment and medical cannabis prescribing and also offers patients individualized, multi-disciplinary wellness plans.

Both THC and Harvest Medicine share a deeply ingrained patient-centric approach to care. The transition of THC to Harvest Medicine offers THC the opportunity to flourish under an experienced medical management team, wholly committed to the day-to-day operation of exceptional medical cannabis clinics.

“We are pleased to see two excellent organizations join forces to offer Canadian medical cannabis patients access to outstanding care,” says Greg Engel, CEO, Organigram. “We are proud of our relationship with THC and look forward to seeing the outstanding team at Harvest take the delivery of care to the next level.”

“THC’s reputation with the veteran community as a trusted resource and partner, and its commitment to providing exceptional patient care make it an excellent fit with Harvest Medicine,” stated Shekhar Parmar, President of HMED. “This acquisition accelerates our national expansion plans and we look forward to building on THC’s success in these markets and continuing to ensure patients have improved access to our best-in-class services.”