MGC Pharma Welcomes Admission to the LSE & First Day of Trading
Key Highlights:
~Successful £6.5 million capital raising completed by way of an oversubscribed placement of 441 million ordinary shares at a price of 1.475 pence each to UK institutional funds, high net worth family office and professional investor clients of Turner Pope Investments
~ MGC Pharma becomes the first cannabis-sector company to IPO on the main market of the LSE in the UK
~ In FY2020 MGC Pharma generated revenue of AU$2.1m, delivering major revenue growth from FY2019 and a continuing upwards trend in FY2021
~ MGC Pharma’s existing products designed to meet immediate market concerns, including the two flagship phytocannabinoid-derived medicines: CannEpil® designed as a treatment for refractory epilepsy and CogniCann® designed to improve dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for patients’ quality of life
~ MGC Pharma has developed an affordable product range, its MP line, which leverages pharma-grade compounded products from high-CBD through to high-THC formulations
~ Company research is focused on treatment in three core areas: Neurology, Oncology, and Autoimmune diseases, and includes the development of ArtemiC™ for treatment of Covid-19 infected patients
~The net proceeds of the capital raise will be used to meet the costs associated with its priority clinical trials including ArtemiC™ and CannEpil®, as well as increasing distribution of the Group’s product range, general working capital and the completion of the Group’s manufacturing facilities in Malta
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