Aurora Cannabis Expands Medical Cannabis Pastille Offerings in Australia

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20-02-2025

Canada's Leading Medical Cannabis Company Broadens Innovative Product Portfolio to Growing Market in Australia
EDMONTON, AB, Feb. 20, 2025 /CNW/ - Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NASDAQ: ACB) (TSX: ACB), the Canadian-based leading global medical cannabis company, has announced today the company's extended pastille offerings in Australia. This expansion marks another meaningful step in Aurora's deep commitment to offering patients a diverse range of high-quality, premium medical cannabis products to meet their various needs and interests.
"Expanding our portfolio of medical cannabis pastilles in Australia demonstrates our understanding of market demand and is another example of our ability to bring high quality product to this key market as patient interest increases," said Andre Jerome, Executive Vice President of Global Business Development at Aurora. "In this rapidly expanding market, we're leveraging our unique capabilities, including global manufacturing and excellence in navigating regulatory frameworks that define Aurora's leadership."
Medical cannabis pastilles offer several key benefits, including easy oral intake. The prolonged effects provide long-lasting and extended relief after digestion. Pastilles also come in an accessible format that is discrete, portable, and convenient.
The pastilles that are now available in Australia include:
Aurora Pastilles - 10mg THC Pomegranate Berry (30 pack)
Aurora Pastilles - 10:10 Balanced Pineapple (30 pack)
Aurora Pastilles - 25mg CBD Acai Berry (30 pack)
Aurora maintains its position as the largest global medical cannabis company operating in nationally legal markets. The company has a robust innovation pipeline planned for global introduction over the course of the coming months, bringing variety and new options to patients.
About Aurora Cannabis Inc.
Aurora is opening the world to cannabis, serving both the medical and consumer markets across Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Aurora is a pioneer in global cannabis, dedicated to helping people improve their lives. The Company's adult-use brand portfolio includes Drift, San Rafael '71, Daily Special, Tasty's, Being and Greybeard. Medical cannabis brands include MedReleaf, CanniMed, Aurora and Whistler Medical Marijuana Co., as well as international brands, Pedanios, IndiMed and CraftPlant. Aurora also has a controlling interest in Bevo Farms Ltd., North America's leading supplier of propagated agricultural plants. Driven by science and innovation, and with a focus on high-quality cannabis products, Aurora's brands continue to break through as industry leaders in the medical, wellness and adult recreational markets wherever they are launched. Learn more at www.auroramj.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
Aurora's common shares trade on the NASDAQ and TSX under the symbol "ACB".
Forward Looking Information:
This news release includes statements containing certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law ("forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. Forward-looking statements made in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's expanded pastilles offerings in the Australian market, including the associated benefits to the Company, as well as the benefits to the pastille format for patients, and statements regarding expectations for the continued rapid expansion of the Australian market, the Company's upcoming innovation pipeline, and position as the largest medical global cannabis company operating in nationally legal markets.
These forward-looking statements are only predictions. Forward looking information or statements contained in this news release have been developed based on assumptions management considers to be reasonable. Material factors or assumptions involved in developing forward-looking statements include, without limitation, publicly available information from governmental sources as well as from market research and industry analysis and on assumptions based on data and knowledge of this industry which the Company believes to be reasonable. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances could cause actual events, results, level of activity, performance, prospects, opportunities or achievements to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, the ability to retain key personnel, the ability to continue investing in infrastructure to support growth, the ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms, the continued quality of our products, customer experience and retention, the development of third party government and non-government consumer sales channels, management's estimates of consumer demand in Canada and in jurisdictions where the Company exports, expectations of future results and expenses, the risk of successful integration of acquired business and operations (with respect to the Transaction and more generally with respect to future acquisitions), management's estimation that SG&A will grow only in proportion of revenue growth, the ability to expand and maintain distribution capabilities, the impact of competition, the general impact of financial market conditions, the yield from cannabis growing operations, product demand, changes in prices of required commodities, competition, and the possibility for changes in laws, rules, and regulations in the industry, epidemics, pandemics or other public health crises and other risks, uncertainties and factors set out under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information from dated June 20, 2024 (the "AIF") and filed with Canadian securities regulators available on the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com and filed with and available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Company cautions that the list of risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the AIF is not exhaustive and other factors could also adversely affect its results. Readers are urged to consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities law.
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