Biotechnology And Cannabis with Avicanna CEO Aras Azadian. Our next guest is an executive with experience in a range of industries but specializing in Biotechnology and has been involved in several successful startups over the past few years and has been involved in several other projects as a management consultant. Avicanna Inc is a multinational, innovation-focused cannabis company based out of Toronto. Our team met them at the 2020 Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference and they spoke to the conference about the lack of separation between the medical and adult-use industries. Health Canada granted Avicanna a research license that will allow you to perform research and intellectual property development on cannabinoids at your facility in Toronto. It also allows Avicanna to import active pharmaceutical ingredients into Canada from the company’s own subsidiaries’ facilities in Colombia. Avicanna has been ranked Highest Amongst Global Cannabis Companies in the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment. This sustainability index family is among the most prestigious benchmarks for investors who recognize sustainability as the key engine of business models to generate long-term shareholder value and have a positive impact on their investments.