An unconfirmed Reuters report suggests that tobacco giant Philip Morris is investing $20mm into Israeli company Syqe Medical to develop a device aimed at reducing health risks associated with smoking tobacco. Syqe Medical has developed a novel portable meter-dosed cannabis inhaler that has been studied in a clinical trial, the results of which were published in Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy in September 2014.
Read Ari Rabinovitch’s “Philip Morris to invest $20 mln in firm developing inhaler -report”: http://www.reuters.com/article/pmi-israel-idUSL8N153292
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