Ohio’s Department of Commerce, which has already awarded Tier 1 and Tier 2 provisional cultivation licenses and named 370 dispensary applicants, announced today 104 applications for up to 40 processing licenses. The complete list of applicants was posted to the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program website.
The applicants include at least two publicly-traded companies, with Liberty Health Sciences (CSE: LHS) (OTC: LHSIF) and MPX Bioceutical (CSE: MPX) (OTC: MPXEF). The entity for Liberty is Schottenstein Aphria II LLC, while the entity for MPX Bioceutical is Health for Life Ohio.
Several well known multi-state operators also applied, including Columbia Care, Cresco Labs, GTI, Harvest and PharmaCann. Winners of Tier 1 cultivation licenses that also have applied for processing licenses include AT-CPC of Ohio, Buckeye Relief, Columbia Care, Cresco Labs, Grow Ohio Pharmaceuticals, Harvest, OPC Processing, Parma Wellness, Pure Ohio Wellness, Rivera Creek Holdings, Standard Wellness Company, and Terradiol Ohio.
The state intends for the medical cannabis program to go live in September.
Here is the complete list of processor applicants:
| Name Of Applicant | Contact Name |
| 3796 Limited | Karn Singh |
| Advacine LLC | Harris Silver |
| Agri‐Med Enterprises, Inc | Charles Griffith |
| Ancient Roots, LLC | David Haley |
| Appalachian Pharm Processing, LLC | Seth Stockmeister |
| Ascension BioMedical LLC | Fadi Boumtri |
| AT‐CPC of Ohio LLC | Adam Thomarios |
| Beneleaves Limited | Peggy Jones‐Hollenback |
| Bloom OH LLC | Terrence O’Donnell |
| Buckeye Botanicals | Alexandira Ianni |
| Buckeye Relief | Andrew Raybrun |
| CannaMed Therapeutics Processing, LLC | Todd Yaross |
| CannaNet Therapeutics LLC | Edward Spellman |
| CannAscend Processing, LLC | James Gould |
| Certified Cultivators, LLC | Michael Weprin |
| Cielo Processing LLC | Reg Friesan |
| Clear Water labs LLC | Sandra Fakete |
| Columbia Care OH LLC | Nicholas Vita |
| Consortium Health Ohio LLC | Jose Hialgo |
| Corsa Verde | Bryan Hill |
| Cresco Labs Ohio LLC | Chris Schrimpf |
| Crooked River Medical Solutions LLC | Christopher Galgoczy |
| Dayton Infusion Products, LLC | Sapna Gupta |
| Debbie’s Processing Ohio, LLC | Sara Pressler |
| Diamond Science, LLC | Robert Landis |
| Diamond Science, LLC(Carroll) | Robert Landis |
| Farmaceutical RX, LLC | Rebecca Myers |
| Fire Rock Ltd. | Matthew Noyes |
| FN Group Holdings | Claire Hobson |
| Franklin BioScience OH, LLC | Jeremy Kahn |
| Galenas Labs LLC | Geoffrey Korff |
| Goodtree Healthcare | Eugene Shetnygarts |
| GourMed Processor, LLC | Aaron Avery |
| Green Investment Partners LLC | Loribeth Steiner |
| Greenleaf (Middlefield) | David Neundorffer |
| Greenleaf (Willoughby) | David Neundorffer |
| Greenmile Solutions LLC | Jazmyn Stover |
| Grow Ohio Pharmaceuticals | Mel Kurtz |
| Growth Orchard Partners LLC | Craig Rowe |
| GTI Ohio LLC | Bret Kravitz |
| Harvest Processing LLC | Steve White |
| Healing V, LLC | Lori Fry |
| Health for Life Ohio, LLC | Elizabeth Stavola |
| Hemma Extracts, LLC | Elizabeth Van Dulmon |
| Holistic Industries Ohio LLC | Josh Genderson |
| HVV Mission Ohio LLC | Michael Reardon |
| Innovative Healing Solutions, LLC | Candace Moeller |
| JG Ohio LLC | Jamil Taylor |
| LabCare Solutions LLC | Wael Hassan |
| Lake Front Medical, LLC | David Guray |
| Mahoning Valley Manufacturer, LLC | Thomas Ryan |
| Marichon Pharma LLC | Darren Anderson |
| MC2P LLC | Brian Scotese |
| MD Processing LLC (Middlefield) | Mario Petrino |
| MD Processing LLC (Warren) | Mario Petrino |
| MD Processing LLC (Youngstown) | Mario Petrino |
| Mer‐It Relief, LTD | Edwardy Hayin |
| Mother Grow’s Best | Sam Dorf |
| Natural Meds LLC | Julie Wentworth |
| Nature’s Grace and Wellness | Timothy O’Heron |
| New Extracts of Ohio LLC | Robert Windsor |
| NMG Ohio, LLC | Robert Hassman |
| Nochra Labs LLC | Nicole Ross |
| North Coast Therapeutics | Stephen Ernst |
| OH‐Gro, LLC | Darlene Maeyer |
| Ohio Craft Cultivators, LLC | Anthony DiLorenzo |
| Ohio Green Grow LLC | Steven Neisman |
| Ohio Green Grow LLC | Steven Weisman |
| Ohio Green Systems LLC | Fabio Salerno |
| Ohio Grown Therapies LLC | Andy Joseph |
| Ohio Medical Solutions | Amber Scimpa |
| Ohio Processing Plant, LLC | Brian Wingfield |
| Ohio Releaf VII, LLC (Columbus) | Scott Pickett |
| Ohio Releaf VII, LLC (Richmond Hts) | Scott Pickett |
| Ohm Industries LLC | James Keyes |
| OPC Processing, LLC | Jeff McCourt |
| Pallia Tech Ohio, LLC (Amelia) | Jonathan Faucher |
| Pallia Tech Ohio, LLC (Woodlawn) | Jonathan Faucher |
| Parma Wellness Center LLC | Steve Dimon |
| Patient Relief of Ohio, LLC (Garfield Heights) | Brian Taubman |
| Patient Relief of Ohio, LLC (Warren) | Brian Taubman |
| Pharmacann Labs Ltd | Edward Pomerairig |
| PharmaCann Ohio LLC | Teddy Scott |
| Piedmont MedMar LLC | Alex Rakic |
| Pure OH LLC | Jill Lamarouex |
| Pure Ohio Processing, LLC | Todd Appelbaum |
| Pure Ohio Wellness, LLC | James Pegram |
| Purpose Leaf, LLC | Kimberly Farmer |
| Quest Wellness Ohio III LLC | Herbert Washington |
| Real Growth Investments II LLC | Glen Meert |
| Richmond Heights Medical Solution, LLC | James Buchanan |
| Riviera Creek Holdings II | Chris Stock |
| Schottenstein Aphria II, LLC | Benton Kraner |
| Silphium Extracts, LLC | David Moorhead |
| Soloman Cultivation Corporation | Jacqueline Solomon |
| Somerset Cultivation Group, LLC | Kenneth Krismanth |
| Standard Farms Ohio, LLC | Peter Bio |
| Standard Wellness Company LLC | Eric Vaughan |
| Strive Wellness of Ohio LLC | Ronald Farkas |
| Superlite LLC | Ramamoorthy Ramasmay |
| Terraddiol Ohio, LLC | Ben Dublin |
| Under the Water Tower 2 | Dana Smoot |
| Word Cannabis, LLC | Irina Klegher |
| Xtract Grouop, LLC | Susan Kroneberger |
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