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Tuesday, October 15 2019 - 22:00
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Canopy Growth completes previously announced acquisition of Beckley Canopy Therapeutics
SMITHS FALLS, Ontario and LONDON, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) ("Canopy Growth" or the 
"Company") has closed the previously announced acquisition of all outstanding 
shares in the global cannabinoid based research company Beckley Canopy 
Therapeutics (Beckley Canopy), including the joint commercial venture Spectrum 
Biomedical UK. These teams will now be integrated into the broader Spectrum 
Therapeutics organization to increase the breadth of the clinical research 
being pursued under the Spectrum banner and to combine continental European and 
United Kingdom commercial teams.

As a part of the acquisition, Canopy Growth's European management structure 
will evolve. Paul Steckler and Steven Wooding will assume the roles of 
Co-Managing Directors in charge of all European operations. Paul is a seasoned 
pharmaceutical executive with over 20 years' experience in commercial roles, 
having worked in both large and small pharmaceutical companies including 
Pfizer. Steve has held multiple positions within a 27-year career at Janssen, 
the Pharmaceutical arm of Johnson & Johnson. Most recently, he was head of 
Global Commercial Strategy and Market Access for Janssen.

"The acquisition comes at a time when commercial opportunities across Europe 
are ramping up," said Mark Zekulin, CEO, Canopy Growth. "Spectrum Biomedical 
has completed all necessary approvals to import cannabis into the UK market and 
is proud to facilitate patient access to safe cannabinoid-based medicines 
there. Consolidating our UK-based operations will allow Canopy to 
simultaneously improve its research and commercial capabilities across the 
continent."

Beckley Canopy was formed as a joint venture in January 2018 between Beckley 
Research & Innovations ("BRI") and Canopy Growth to research and develop 
clinically validated cannabis-based medicines, with a strong focus on 
intellectual property protection. The research platform combined European and 
North American-based leaders in cannabis research from BRI and Canopy Growth to 
create a strong and complementary UK-based European partnership. Since its 
inception, Beckley Canopy has made significant progress in its core research 
areas, added additional indications of interest, and worked closely and in a 
complementary fashion with the global Canopy research team. 

Here's to Future (European) Growth.

About Canopy Growth Corporation
Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED, NYSE:CGC) is a world-leading diversified cannabis, 
hemp and cannabis device company, offering distinct brands and curated cannabis 
varieties in dried, oil and Softgel capsule forms, as well as medical devices 
through Canopy Growth's subsidiary, Storz & Bickel GMbH & Co. KG. From product 
and process innovation to market execution, Canopy Growth is driven by a 
passion for leadership and a commitment to building a world-class cannabis 
company one product, site and country at a time. Canopy Growth has operations 
in over a dozen countries across five continents.

Canopy Growth's medical division, Spectrum Therapeutics is proudly dedicated to 
educating healthcare practitioners, conducting robust clinical research, and 
furthering the public's understanding of cannabis, and has devoted millions of 
dollars toward cutting edge, commercializable research and IP development. 
Spectrum Therapeutics sells a range of full-spectrum products using its 
colour-coded classification Spectrum system as well as single cannabinoid 
Dronabinol under the brand Bionorica Ethics.

Canopy Growth operates retail stores across Canada under its award-winning 
Tweed and Tokyo Smoke banners. Tweed is a globally recognized cannabis brand 
which has built a large and loyal following by focusing on quality products and 
meaningful customer relationships.

From our historic public listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York 
Stock Exchange to our continued international expansion, pride in advancing 
shareholder value through leadership is engrained in all we do at Canopy 
Growth. Canopy Growth has established partnerships with leading sector names 
including cannabis icons Snoop Dogg and Seth Rogen, breeding legends DNA 
Genetics and Green House Seeds, and Fortune 500 alcohol leader Constellation 
Brands, to name but a few. Canopy Growth operates eleven licensed cannabis 
production sites with over 4.7 million square feet of production capacity, 
including over one million square feet of GMP certified production space. For 
more information visit www.canopygrowth.com

Notice Regarding Forward Looking Statements
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the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and 
"forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian 
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which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Canopy 
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statements include statements with respect to strategic acquisitions. Risks, 
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cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to 
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking 
information, including the Company's ability to satisfy provincial sales 
contracts or provinces purchasing all cannabis allocated to them, and such 
risks contained in the Company's annual information form dated June 25, 2019 
and filed with Canadian securities regulators available on the Company's issuer 
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Company believes that the 
assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information or 
forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance 
should not be placed on such information and no assurance can be given that 
such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The 
forward-looking information and forward-looking statements included in this 
news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company does 
not undertake an obligation to publicly update such forward-looking information 
or forward-looking information to reflect new information, subsequent events or 
otherwise unless required by applicable securities laws.

For further information: Caitlin O'Hara, Media Relations, 
Caitlin.Ohara@canopygrowth.com, 613-291-3239; Investor Relations, Tyler Burns, 
Tyler.Burns@canopygrowth.com, 855-558-9333 ext. 122 

SOURCE  Canopy Growth Corporation