{"id":5348,"date":"2026-09-28T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:18:18","slug":"stop-calling-it-gmp-washing-a-discussion-from-ptmc-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/de\/stop-calling-it-gmp-washing-a-discussion-from-ptmc-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNicht mehr GMP-Waschen nennen!\u201d Eine Diskussion aus dem PTMC 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5348\" class=\"elementor elementor-5348\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acc74c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"acc74c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f101bed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f101bed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff7f283 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff7f283\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-style: italic; color: #5c59f4;\">Insights extracted from a panel discussion at PTMC \u2013 Portugal Medical Cannabis on September 10, 2026. Panellists: Riccardo Longato (Clear), Luis Meirinhos Soares (Bring Knowledge), Maria Villota (Flextem Biopharma) and Jos\u00e9 Veracruz (Canna.biz). Moderated by Ricardo Baca (Grasslands). Photo credits: Renato Velasco<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ca2fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"92ca2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a860f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a860f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"growing-officially-became-manufacturing\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Growing Officially Became Manufacturing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8184da1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8184da1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a panel titled <strong>&#8220;The Future of EU-GMP: Building the Next Generation of Cannabis Products and Operations&#8221;<\/strong> unter <a href=\"https:\/\/ptmc.pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026<\/a>, four regulatory and quality experts opened with two numbers designed to sit uncomfortably next to each other.<\/p><p>In the first six months of 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/de\/fallt-portugal-beim-thema-cannabis-zuruck-abgeordnete-verschiedener-parteien-antworten-auf-dem-ptmc-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portugal exported 66,000 kilos of medical cannabis<\/a>, while writing roughly 5,000 domestic prescriptions in that same window. One country, one supply chain, two entirely different relationships with the same plant. Moderator Ricardo Baca, founder of the cannabis communications agency Grasslands and a former 25-year journalist at the Denver Post, framed the whole panel around that gap: <strong>Portugal has built a pharmaceutical export machine over the last decade, and the rulebook that machine runs on has just been rewritten.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e367310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e367310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a24673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a24673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GACP-cannabis-cultivation-drying-stage-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5363\" alt=\"GACP cannabis cultivation drying stage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GACP-cannabis-cultivation-drying-stage-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GACP-cannabis-cultivation-drying-stage-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GACP-cannabis-cultivation-drying-stage-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GACP-cannabis-cultivation-drying-stage-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GACP-cannabis-cultivation-drying-stage.webp 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0ebac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e0ebac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acea45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acea45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That rewrite is not cosmetic. Cultivation, for the first time, has been pulled properly into the same regulatory logic as manufacturing, with <strong>GACP (Good Agricultural and Collection Practice) moving substantially closer to the requirements of EU-GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice).<\/strong><\/p><p>As the panel repeatedly pointed out, this is not a cannabis-specific invention. <a href=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/de\/cannabis-qualitatssicherung-eu-gmp-gacp-und-labortests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GACP governs the plant while it is still a plant, from cultivation through drying, and EU-GMP takes over from processing through to final release<\/a>, the same framework that has governed hundreds of other medicinal plants in Europe for decades. What has changed is how tightly cultivation is now expected to document, validate, and prove its own consistency, closing what several panellists described as the last major grey area between the field and the finished medicine.<\/p><p>This is also a panel with unusually credible referees. Between them, the four panellists have sat on the regulator&#8217;s side of a GMP inspection, built compliance software used across Europe&#8217;s cannabis supply chain, run quality assurance for a Portuguese medicinal gas manufacturer, and co-founded a certification body serving cultivators from Italy to Latin America. Their shared verdict was blunt: EU-GMP was never designed to be bureaucracy for its own sake, and an industry that keeps treating it that way is going to keep failing to be taken seriously by the regulators, doctors, and patients it depends on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc5852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9bc5852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dac1341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dac1341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"the-numbers-and-frameworks-behind-the-panel\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Numbers and Frameworks Behind the Panel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b71ab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b71ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This panel dealt more in regulatory architecture than dollar figures, but the facts on the table were still concrete:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/de\/fallt-portugal-beim-thema-cannabis-zuruck-abgeordnete-verschiedener-parteien-antworten-auf-dem-ptmc-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portugal exported <strong>66,000 kilos<\/strong> of medical cannabis in the first six months of 2026<\/a> against roughly <strong>5,000 domestic prescriptions<\/strong> in the same period, a gap the panel used to frame the entire discussion around who EU-GMP is actually supposed to protect.<\/li><li>Luis Meirinhos Soares, founder of Bring Knowledge and a former GMP\/GDP inspector at INFARMED for 25 years, confirmed that <strong>under EU rules there is no such thing as mandatory GACP certification.<\/strong> Responsibility for qualifying a cultivation supplier sits with the buyer, a position he said is explicit in the European Medicines Agency&#8217;s own published question-and-answer guidance.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd29a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd29a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist2-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5365\" alt=\"The Future of EU-GMP: Building the Next Generation of Cannabis Products and Operations held at PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026, panellist: Luis Meirinhos Soares (Bring Knowledge)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist2-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist2-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist2-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist2-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist2.webp 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a016c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a016c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14cda4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14cda4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Riccardo Longato, co-founder of the compliance certification body Clear, pointed to a working definition from the textbook <em>Introduction to Statistical Quality Control<\/em> (Montgomery): <strong>&#8220;quality is inversely proportional to variability.&#8221;<\/strong> The more uncontrolled the process, the more variable, and riskier, the outcome, a concept he argued applies directly to a biologically complex product like cannabis.<\/li><li>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/de\/cannabis-qualitatssicherung-eu-gmp-gacp-und-labortests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU-GMP&#8217;s Annex VII framework for herbal medicinal products<\/a>, the panel noted that cultivation steps now fall under GACP specifically because Annex VII and EU-GMP require it, not because GACP exists as a standalone standard. Jos\u00e9 Veracruz drew a direct parallel to Annex VI, which governs medicinal gases, the framework he spent over a decade working under at Linde Portugal before moving into cannabis quality assurance.<\/li><li>The panel&#8217;s account of the last major cultivation rulebook rewrite centred on one consistent theme: <strong>cleanliness, documentation, and validation requirements for growers have moved substantially closer to GMP standards<\/strong>, closing the ambiguity around where GACP ends and GMP begins.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee09e63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ee09e63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb7094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aeb7094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"5-key-takeaways\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5 wichtige Erkenntnisse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d9222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36d9222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panel-blog-image-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5351\" alt=\"Die Zukunft von EU-GMP: Die Entwicklung der n\u00e4chsten Generation von Cannabisprodukten und -prozessen fand am 20. Juni 2026 im PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) statt und wurde moderiert von Ricardo Baca (Grasslands) mit den Teilnehmern: Riccardo Longato (Clear), Luis Meirinhos Soares (Bring Knowledge), Maria Villota (Flextem Biopharma) und Jos\u00e9 Veracruz (Canna.biz).\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panel-blog-image-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panel-blog-image-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panel-blog-image-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panel-blog-image-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panel-blog-image.webp 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33acfe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33acfe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol style=\"padding-left:22px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">EU-GMP exists for the patient, not the auditor.<\/span> Multiple panellists returned to the same point from different angles: the opening line of EU-GMP&#8217;s own pharmaceutical quality system chapter states that its aim is patient protection. A company that treats compliance as a box-ticking exercise for inspectors, rather than a system built around the person eventually taking the medicine, has misunderstood what it signed up for.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">Consistency, not perfection, is the actual GMP mandate.<\/span> The panel was clear that GMP does not require an impossible level of precision in every input. What it requires is a defined, documented working range that a company can prove it repeats, batch after batch, the same logic already applied to hundreds of other medicinal plants long before cannabis arrived.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">The line between GACP and GMP is disappearing.<\/span> With the latest cultivation rulebook, cleanliness, documentation, and validation requirements for growers have moved substantially closer to full GMP standards. Several panellists argued cultivation should simply be folded into GMP&#8217;s Annex VII outright, removing the ambiguity altogether.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">Responsibility for supplier quality sits with the buyer, not the certifier.<\/span> There is no mandatory GACP certification under EU law. When a manufacturer buys cultivated cannabis, the legal responsibility for confirming that supplier meets the required standard rests with the manufacturer itself, not with any third-party badge on the paperwork.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">Sloppy scientific language is a credibility problem, not a style choice.<\/span> Terms like &#8220;strain,&#8221; &#8220;curing,&#8221; and undefined terpene claims have no basis in peer-reviewed literature or harmonised regulatory usage. The panel argued that an industry still leaning on consumer marketing vocabulary, instead of pharmaceutical terminology, makes it harder for regulators and doctors to take medical cannabis seriously.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac2a90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1ac2a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c336354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c336354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"notable-quotes-from-the-panel\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bemerkenswerte Zitate aus dem Panel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-756b7a4 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"756b7a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"The campaign signs that ultimately passed adult-use cannabis in Colorado, they had two words: 'Regulation works.' That was the message that ultimately got through to voters, to consumers, to patients.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Ricardo Baca, Founder, Grasslands (moderator)<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b1f497 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"2b1f497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"The paper saves you. Whenever there is an issue, you look for a paper, you want to have that information. First, I think that's where it breaks down. You miss that part of walking before running.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Jos\u00e9 Veracruz, Head of Quality Assurance \/ QP, Canna.biz<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632b34b elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"632b34b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"For medical gases, we have Annex VI, which covers everything from the air we use to make the gas to the finished medicine. So why not include GACP inside Annex VII? Then this discussion of GACP, GMP, can I do it, can I not do it, it stops.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Jos\u00e9 Veracruz, Head of Quality Assurance \/ QP, Canna.biz<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3938a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3938a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5364\" alt=\"The Future of EU-GMP: Building the Next Generation of Cannabis Products and Operations held at PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026, with moderator Ricardo Baca (Grasslands) and panellist Jos\u00e9 Veracruz (Canna.biz)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist.webp 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-037f741 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"037f741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"GMP is not about you, it's not about the equipment, it's not about the flower. It's about the patient. All the regulations and all the writings of these guidelines are there to, in some way, protect the patient, and make sure you do it consistently.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Luis Meirinhos Soares, Founder, Bring Knowledge<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a1bace elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"0a1bace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"How do you expect to be taken seriously if you continue using non-harmonised language? Strain is not applicable to plants, it's only applicable to bacteria and fungi, and cannabis is a plant. Does it matter? Well, it shows that you have a scientific basis.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Luis Meirinhos Soares, Founder, Bring Knowledge<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f86a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f86a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist3-1024x552.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5369\" alt=\"The Future of EU-GMP: Building the Next Generation of Cannabis Products and Operations held at PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026, panellists: Riccardo Longato (Clear), Maria Villota (Flextem Biopharma)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist3-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist3-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist3-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist3-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Future-of-EU-GMP-Building-the-Next-Generation-of-Cannabis-Products-and-Operations-panellist3.png 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c728b6 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"1c728b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"If you open EU-GMP chapter one, pharmaceutical quality system, the first few words are saying the aim is patient protection. This is the beginning of everything. Without that, there is nothing else.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Riccardo Longato, Co-Founder, Clear<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bd1117 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"6bd1117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"Quality is inversely proportionate to variability. The more I have an uncontrolled process, the more the outcome is not controlled, and theoretically the quality at the end could be much more variable and risky throughout the process.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Riccardo Longato, Co-Founder, Clear<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba7809 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"3ba7809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"It's not good manufacturing practices, it's safety of the patient, and that needs to be changed. The mentality needs to be changed, so we are not just GMP, good manufacturing practices. It's what it stands for.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Maria Villota, COO, Flextem Biopharma<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d0dddb elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"3d0dddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"We focus very much on clean validation, on microbial content. We are not a cannabis company. We are clean. Everything is perfect from the beginning.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Maria Villota, COO, Flextem Biopharma<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insights extracted from a panel discussion at PTMC \u2013 Portugal Medical Cannabis on September 10, 2026. 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