Vancouver, B.C. / TheNewswire / November 10, 2017 – Veritas Pharma Inc. (CSE: VRT; OTC: VRTHF; and Frankfurt: 2VP), an emerging discovery and IP development company, announces that it has issued 1,300,000 options to consultants of the Company under the stock option plan at an exercise price of $0.44 for a period of 1 year from the date of the grant.

 

About Veritas Pharma Inc.

 

Veritas Pharma Inc. is an emerging-stage pharmaceutical and IP development company, who, through Cannevert Therapeutics Ltd. (“CTL”), is advancing the science behind medical cannabis. It is the Company aim, through its investment in CTL, to develop the most effective cannabis strains (cultivars) specific to pain, nausea, epilepsy and PTSD, solving the critical need for clinical data to support medical marijuana claims. CTL’s unique value proposition uses a low-cost research and development model to help drive shareholder value, and speed-to-market. Veritas investment in CTL is led by strong management team, bringing together veteran academic pharmacologists, anesthetists & chemists. The company’s commercial mission is to patent protect CTL’s IP (cultivars & strains) and sell or license to cancer clinics, insurance industry and pharma, targeting multi-billion dollar global markets.

 

Veritas Pharma Inc. is a publicly traded company which trades in three countries including Canada, on the Canadian Stock Exchange under the ticker VRT; in the United States, on the OTC under the ticker VRTHF; and in Germany, on the Frankfurt exchange under the ticker 2VP.

 

For more information, please visit our website: www.veritaspharmainc.com

 

On behalf of the Board of Directors; Veritas Pharma Inc.

 

"Dr. Lui Franciosi"

Dr. Lui Franciosi

Chief Executive Officer

 

Further information about the Company is available on our website at www.veritaspharmainc.com  or under our profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com  and on the CSE website at www.thecse.com

 

Investor and Public Relations Contact

Veritas Pharma Inc.

Sam Eskandari

Telephone: +1.416.918.6785

Email: ir@veritaspharmainc.com

Website: www.veritaspharmainc.com

 

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