- Medicines Authority (Malta) — Medical cannabis regulation
Regulates medicinal cannabis as a medicine. Issues import licenses, wholesale authorizations, GMP compliance. Malta's EU-GMP enforcement body.
- Medical cannabis import licenses
- Wholesale dealer authorizations
- GMP inspections (EU network)
- Pharmacovigilance
- MMCA — Malta Medical Cannabis Authority
Regulates industrial cannabis cultivation, production, and export in Malta. Malta has positioned itself as an EU cannabis hub. MMCA licenses cover cultivation and manufacturing for export.
- MMCA cultivation licenses
- MMCA production licenses
- Export authorization for industrial cannabis
- Quality standards for export
- Ministry of Health — Policy oversight
Sets medical cannabis access policy. Oversees Medicines Authority. Malta has been progressive on cannabis policy — adult use also legal since 2021 under separate framework.
- National medical cannabis policy
- Oversight of both Medicines Authority and MMCA
- Pharmacies / Hospitals — Dispensing
Licensed Maltese pharmacies dispense against specialist prescriptions. Small island market — limited number of pharmacies but growing specialist prescribing base.
- Pharmacy license from Medicines Authority
- Prescription required
- Narcotic register maintained
- Patients — End recipients
Receive cannabis via specialist prescription. Growing patient population. Health insurance coverage limited — primarily out-of-pocket.