Ngokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kwemboni ye-cannabis, ezinye zezinkampani ezinkulu emhlabeni seziqalile ukuveza izifiso zazo. Phakathi kwabo kukhona uPhilip Morris International (PMI), inkampani kagwayi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngemali yemakethe futhi engomunye wabadlali abaqaphe kakhulu emkhakheni we-cannabis.
U-Philip Morris Companies Inc. (PMI) akayena nje kuphela umkhiqizi omkhulu kagwayi emhlabeni (owaziwa kakhulu ngophawu lwayo lwe-Marlboro) kodwa futhi ungumkhiqizi wokudla wesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni. Le nkampani isebenza kuwo wonke ugwayi, ukudla, ubhiya, ezezimali kanye nezindawo ezithengiswayo, inezinkampani ezingaphansi ezinhlanu ezinkulu kanye nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwe-100 emhlabeni wonke, eziqhuba ibhizinisi emazweni nasezifundeni ezingaphezu kuka-180.
Ngenkathi ontanga abafana no-Altria kanye ne-British American Tobacco (BAT) benze umnyakazo ophakeme emakethe ye-cannabis yokuzijabulisa, i-PMI isebenzise indlela ephansi futhi ecophelelayo: igxile ku-cannabis yezokwelapha, ukwakha imifelandawonye ye-R&D, kanye nokuhlola imikhiqizo ezimakethe ezilawulwa ngokuqinile njengeCanada.
Yize kuvame ukunganakwa, isu le-PMI le-cannabis seliqala ukwakheka, ngokubambisana kwakamuva kusikisela ukuthi lesi yisiqalo nje.
Ishumi Leminyaka Ekwenziweni: Isu le-PMI Lesikhathi Eside LeCannabis
Intshisekelo ye-PMI ku-cannabis yaqala cishe iminyaka eyishumi. Ngo-2016, yenze isu lokutshala imali ku-Syqe Medical, inkampani yakwa-Israel eyaziwa ngama-inhalers ayo ensangu anedosi enembile. Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ekutholweni okugcwele ngo-2023, okumaka ukuthengwa kwensangu kokuqala okukhulu kwe-PMI.
Ngokusheshisa phambili ku-2024-2025, i-PMI yandise ubukhona bayo bemakethe ngokusebenzisa inkampani yayo yezemithi nempilo enhle, i-Vectura Fertin Pharma:
A. NgoSepthemba 2024, i-Vectura yethula umkhiqizo wayo wokuqala wensangu, i-Luo CBD lozenges, esatshalaliswa ngokubambisana ne-Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NASDAQ: ACB) kanye nenkundla yayo yezokwelapha yaseCanada.
B. NgoJanuwari 2025, i-PMI yamemezela ukusebenzisana kwezokwelapha nezesayensi nenkampani ye-biopharmaceutical egxile ku-cannabinoid i-Avicanna Inc. (OTC: AVCNF) ukuze kuqhutshekwe nocwaningo kanye nokufinyelela kwesiguli ngeplathifomu ye-MyMedi.ca ka-Avicanna.
"I-PMI ibilokhu izwakalisa intshisekelo endaweni yensangu yezokwelapha," kusho u-Aaron Gray, umqondisi we-Global Partnerships, engxoxweni yeForbes. "Lokhu kubonakala kuwukuqhubeka kwalelosu."
Ezokwelapha Okokuqala, Ezokungcebeleka Kamuva
Isu le-PMI lihluke kakhulu nokutshalwa kwezimali kuka-Altria kwebhiliyoni elingu-$1.8 ku-Cronos Group kanye nokusebenzisana kwe-BAT no-C$125 million ne-Organigram, kokubili okugxile ezimpahleni zabathengi noma insangu esetshenziswa abantu abadala.
Uma kuqhathaniswa, i-PMI njengamanje igwema imakethe yezokungcebeleka futhi igxile ekwelapheni okusekelwe ebufakazini, okulawulwa umthamo okufanele izinhlelo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Ukubambisana kwayo ne-Avicanna kuyisibonelo salokhu: inkampani isebenzisana neSickKids Hospital kanye ne-University Health Network futhi yake yaba yingxenye ye-incubator ye-JLABS kaJohnson & Johnson.
“Lona wumdlalo wesikhathi eside,” kuphawula uGrey. "I-Big Tobacco ibona ukushintsha kwemikhuba yokusetshenziswa kubathengi abasebasha, besuka egwayi nasetshwaleni baye e-cannabis, kanti i-PMI izibeka ngendlela efanele."
Imisebenzi yakamuva ye-PMI igxile eCanada, lapho imithetho yenhlangano ivumela ukusatshalaliswa kwensangu yezokwelapha okuqinile kanye nokuqinisekiswa komtholampilo. Ukusebenzisana kwayo no-Aurora ngo-2024 kwethule inoveli ye-CBD lozenge encibilikayo, ekhiqizwe inkampani engaphansi kwe-Vectura i-Cogent futhi yasatshalaliswa ngenethiwekhi ye-Aurora eqonde ngqo esigulini.
UMichael Kunst, oyi-CEO ye-Vectura Fertin Pharma, uthe esitatimendeni, "Lokhu kwethulwa kuzosivumela ukuthi sibe nomthelela obonakalayo ezigulini futhi siqinisekise izimangalo zomkhiqizo wethu ngedatha yesiguli yomhlaba wangempela."
Khonamanjalo, ubambiswano lwe-Avicanna lusiza i-PMI ukuthi ihlanganise nohlelo lwezokwelapha oluholwa ngosokhemisi baseCanada, luhambisane nendlela yalo eqhutshwa isithunzi, nemithethonqubo yokuqala.
Ukudlala Umdlalo Omude
UDan Ahrens, Umqondisi Ophethe we-AdvisorShares, uphawule wathi, “Uma kubhekwa umsebenzi olinganiselwe esiwubonile ku-PMI kuze kube manje, sikholelwa ukuthi izinkampani ezifana ne-PMI zilindele ukucaciswa okubanzi kwemithetho, ikakhulukazi e-US”
"Ijubane nesikali sokuhlanganiswa kuzothonywa indawo elawulayo," kwengeza u-Todd Harrison, umsunguli we-CB1 Capital, eForbes. "Kodwa lokhu kuwubufakazi obengeziwe bokuthi izinkampani zendabuko ezithengwayo zizogcina zingene kule makethe."
Ngokusobala, esikhundleni sokujaha izitayela zabathengi ezibonakala kakhulu, i-PMI itshala imali engqalasizinda yokukhiqiza, ukuqinisekiswa komkhiqizo, kanye nokusungula ubukhona emkhakheni we-cannabis yezokwelapha. Ngokwenza kanjalo, kubeka isisekelo sendima ehlala njalo emakethe ye-cannabis yomhlaba wonke-engakhelwe phezu kophawu olukhazimulayo kodwa kwisayensi, ukufinyelela kwesiguli, kanye nokuthembeka okusemthethweni.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-17-2025