{"id":5382,"date":"2026-09-28T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:15:12","slug":"the-1-trillion-gap-in-medical-cannabis-womens-health-ptmc-2026-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/de\/the-1-trillion-gap-in-medical-cannabis-womens-health-ptmc-2026-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Das $1-Trillionen-Loch im Bereich medizinischem Cannabis: Frauengesundheit \u2013 PTMC 2026-Bericht"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5382\" class=\"elementor elementor-5382\" 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: Sandra Carrillo (ASOMEDCCAM), Shabnam Sarshar (The Recalibration), Carola P\u00e9rez (We, The Patients) and Leah Fletcher (Dunbar Pharma). Moderated by Heidi Whitman (EmpowHer Cannabis Society). Event 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=\"the-trillion-dollar-gap-nobody-prices-in\" 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 Trillion-Dollar Gap Nobody Prices In<\/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 &#8220;Women&#8217;s Health and Wellness Economics in Medicinal Cannabis&#8221; at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptmc.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026<\/a>, moderator Heidi Whitman opened with an economic argument rather than a medical one.<br \/><br \/>Heidi is chairwoman and co-founder of <strong>EmpowHer Cannabis Society<\/strong>, a professional network for women in cannabis that she told the room now spans 43 countries and over 1,000 members. Her framing was blunt: women keep businesses, families, healthcare systems, and communities functioning every day, often while silently managing pain, and that isn&#8217;t a failure of commitment, it&#8217;s the result of a healthcare system that has historically under-recognised female-specific conditions.<\/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\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-women-at-the-workplace-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5387\" alt=\"women in the workplace\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-women-at-the-workplace-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-women-at-the-workplace-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-women-at-the-workplace-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-women-at-the-workplace-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-women-at-the-workplace.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>The number she asked the room to hold in mind for the rest of the panel came from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/mhi\/our-insights\/closing-the-womens-health-gap-a-1-trillion-dollar-opportunity-to-improve-lives-and-economies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McKinsey Health Institute&#8217;s research on the global women&#8217;s health gap<\/a>, which estimates that closing it could unlock roughly\u00a0<strong>$1 trillion a year in global GDP by 2040<\/strong>, through fewer health conditions, fewer early deaths, and greater workforce participation. Against that backdrop, the panel brought together four women covering almost the entire chain from bench to bedside to boardroom: a clinician and medical educator across Latin America, a formulator working at the intersection of cannabinoid science and female physiology, a patient advocate running a pan-European patient coalition, and the CEO of a pharmaceutical manufacturer.<\/p><p>Their shared argument was not that cannabis is a cure-all for every female-specific condition. It was narrower and, in some ways, more uncomfortable: that an industry sitting on real-world evidence, motivated formulators, and an increasingly receptive regulatory environment is still treating women&#8217;s health as an afterthought, at exactly the moment the economic case for doing otherwise has never been clearer.<\/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-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 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 leaned harder on hard data than most, and the figures largely check out against independent sources:<\/p><ul><li>Closing the global women&#8217;s health gap could unlock roughly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/mhi\/our-insights\/closing-the-womens-health-gap-a-1-trillion-dollar-opportunity-to-improve-lives-and-economies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>$1 trillion a year in GDP by 2040<\/strong><\/a>, according to the McKinsey Health Institute, the figure Whitman used to frame the entire panel. Today, only around 1% of global healthcare funding goes to female-specific conditions beyond oncology, and under 2% of private healthcare capital reaches endometriosis, menopause, and PCOS specifically.<\/li><li>In the UK alone,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/employmentandlabourmarket\/peopleinwork\/labourproductivity\/articles\/sicknessabsenceinthelabourmarket\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">148.8 million working days were lost to sickness or injury in 2025<\/a>, with a sickness absence rate of 2.4% for women against 1.7% for men, exactly the split Whitman cited. Her own research adds a further layer on top: for every day a woman is formally recorded absent, roughly 14 more are spent\u00a0<strong>present but not productive<\/strong>, adding up to an estimated 57.5 days of presenteeism a year against just four days of recorded absence.<\/li><li>Shabnam Sarshar, founder of\u00a0The Recalibration, pointed to a stark research gap: perimenopause, a transition every woman goes through, has around\u00a0<strong>1,300 indexed studies<\/strong>, while erectile dysfunction, which affects roughly 40% of men, has around\u00a0<strong>17,000<\/strong>.<\/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\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist-1-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5384\" alt=\"Women&apos;s Health and Wellness Economics in Medicinal Cannabis held at PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026, panellist Shabnam Sarshar (The Recalibration)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist-1-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist-1-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist-1-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist-1-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist-1.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>Citing Germany&#8217;s national health reporting, Sarshar noted that\u00a0<strong>54% of reimbursed medical cannabis prescriptions<\/strong>\u00a0in the country go to women, yet women were also disproportionately likely to discontinue treatment, largely due to side effects and dosing that isn&#8217;t optimised for female physiology.<\/li><li>Carola P\u00e9rez, director of\u00a0We, The Patients\u00a0and founder of the Spanish patient association Dosemociones, shared six years of patient-collected data:\u00a0<strong>70% of patients returned to work<\/strong>\u00a0after treatment, and\u00a0<strong>80% reported a reduction in their overall medication load<\/strong>, in a patient base that is 70% female, aged 35 to 95.<\/li><li>Sandra Carrillo, president of\u00a0ASOMEDCCAM, pointed to UK real-world evidence work from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugscience.org.uk\/t21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drug Science&#8217;s Project Twenty21<\/a>\u00a0as a model for the kind of large-scale, real-world data the industry needs to build alongside traditional randomised controlled trials.<\/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 Key Takeaways<\/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\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panel-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5383\" alt=\"Women&apos;s Health and Wellness Economics in Medicinal Cannabis held at PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026, moderated by Heidi Whitman (EmpowHer Cannabis Society) with panellists: Sandra Carrillo (ASOMEDCCAM), Shabnam Sarshar (The Recalibration), Carola P\u00e9rez (We, The Patients) and Leah Fletcher (Dunbar Pharma)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panel-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panel-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panel-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panel-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panel.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;\">The women&#8217;s health gap in cannabis is an economic argument, not just a fairness one.<\/span> With McKinsey pricing the global women&#8217;s health gap at roughly $1 trillion a year in lost GDP by 2040, and UK sickness absence data showing women losing far more productive days than men, the panel&#8217;s core pitch to industry and investors was financial, not just moral: this is underpriced risk and unrealised return sitting in plain sight.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">Female-specific conditions are structurally understudied, not just under-treated.<\/span> The gap between roughly 1,300 indexed studies on perimenopause and 17,000 on erectile dysfunction is not a coincidence of interest, the panel argued, but the direct result of a century of research funding and clinical trial design built around male physiology by default.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">Dosing &#8220;for women&#8221; has to track hormonal cycles, not just gender.<\/span> Because the endocannabinoid system interacts directly with oestrogen, panellists argued that a single fixed dose can work for a woman one month and fail the next, particularly through the volatility of perimenopause, meaning cannabinoid product design needs built-in flexibility rather than a one-size-fits-all formulation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">Patients are already doing the real-world evidence work the industry hasn&#8217;t funded.<\/span> Carola P&eacute;rez&#8217;s patient association has been collecting structured outcome data, on medication reduction, return to work, and quality of life, for six years without waiting for institutional research budgets, precisely the kind of real-world evidence the panel said regulators and prescribers still need more of.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"><span style=\"color:#5c59f4; font-weight:700;\">Employers, not just regulators, are the next lever for closing the gap.<\/span> Whitman argued the industry should be pushing confidential women&#8217;s health and wellness programmes into workplaces now, treating employee benefits as a channel for medical cannabis access, rather than waiting solely on healthcare systems and regulators to move first.<\/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\"There's a trillion dollar gap. That is the scale of what could happen if we, as an industry, start taking all of what medicine has been and utilising it properly for everybody.\"\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\">Heidi Whitman, Chairwoman &amp; Co-Founder, EmpowHer Cannabis Society (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-0aca89d elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"0aca89d\" 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\"Patients need, especially female patients, we cannot be an afterthought in any regulatory decision-making or products that this industry chooses to build. We want medicine that serves a population. It has to be built with them and not just for them.\"\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\">Heidi Whitman, Chairwoman &amp; Co-Founder, EmpowHer Cannabis Society (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\"In using the cannabinoid therapies, I can see how many patients improve the quality of life. This word, quality of life, is underestimated, because people talk about migraine, headaches, endometriosis or fibromyalgia, but when you add up all the tasks that we have, cannabinoid medicine improves not just the symptoms but the quality of life of those 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\">Sandra Carrillo, President, ASOMEDCCAM<\/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\"With medical cannabis, we can target a lot of different symptoms with just one medication, so we help the patient with fewer side effects, and the burden of the cost for the healthcare system is better because we reduce the polypharmacy. It costs less to the government, and for the patients, it's better.\"\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\">Sandra Carrillo, President, ASOMEDCCAM<\/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\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist2-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5385\" alt=\"Women&apos;s Health and Wellness Economics in Medicinal Cannabis held at PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026, moderator Heidi Whitman (EmpowHer Cannabis Society) and panellist Sandra Carrillo (ASOMEDCCAM)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist2-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist2-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist2-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist2-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-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-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\"For perimenopause, when you look at the clinical studies, we have 1,300 index studies. And when we look at erectile dysfunction, which only 40% of men may get, we have 17,000 studies. And every woman goes through the perimenopause transition.\"\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\">Shabnam Sarshar, Founder, The Recalibration<\/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\"We are not talking about woman-washing. We are not talking about, 'Okay, here is the list of my product, what can I do with that?' No. Really designing product with care to woman, that's what we miss.\"\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\">Shabnam Sarshar, Founder, The Recalibration<\/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\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist3-1024x552.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5386\" alt=\"Women&apos;s Health and Wellness Economics in Medicinal Cannabis held at PTMC (Portugal Medical Cannabis) 2026, panellists: Carola P\u00e9rez (We, The Patients) and Leah Fletcher (Dunbar Pharma)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist3-1024x552.webp 1024w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist3-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist3-768x414.webp 768w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist3-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/luminorecruit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Womens-Health-and-Wellness-Economics-in-Medicinal-Cannabis-panellist3.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-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\"I think they need to listen. I think they need to listen to us, to our experience, because some of the things we are saying as patients, the science confirms later when they do the trials.\"\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\">Carola P\u00e9rez, Director, We, The Patients<\/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\"I think they need to listen. I think they need to listen to us, to our experience, because some of the things we are saying as patients, the science confirms later when they do the trials.\"\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\">Carola P\u00e9rez, Director, We, The Patients<\/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\"There's no point as an industry in expecting to have pharmaceutical margins without pharmaceutical discipline. Eventually, that's what gets you full access to a market, is that discipline.\"\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\">Leah Fletcher, Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Dunbar Pharma<\/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\"What they tend to forget is that women are consumers. We're the ones that go to the pharmacy. We will go to the doctor more often. They will get a return on investment. The risk may be higher in relation to trying to follow a moving target that is women's health, but the return on investment is there.\"\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\">Leah Fletcher, Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Dunbar Pharma<\/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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