VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan. 30, 2017) - Calyx Bio-Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CYX) ("Calyx" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing business operations and the development of its industry leading technology platform for mass communications and collaboration.
Highlights of the Company's recent developments include:
In addition, the last few months has seen the external environment shifting dramatically. Eight states representing 22% of the United States population voted to regulate the production and sale of cannabis, potentially opening up new markets for LEAFHub of an estimated 10 million regular cannabis consumers now residing in states with medical or recreational cannabis laws.
"We are very pleased with the recent achievements and growth trajectory that Calyx is currently experiencing," stated Roger Forde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Calyx. "We are in the midst of an exciting stage in this rapidly expanding industry, with new regulations and studies making cannabis more widely accepted than ever before. Calyx is confident that it is ideally positioned to leverage the numerous opportunities within the expanding legal cannabis market. We are committed to executing on our strategy, adding users and features to our best-in-class technology platform to drive adoption and take a leading position in the sector."
For additional information, readers are encouraged to review the Company's letter to its shareholders, published concurrently with this news release, and available through the following link: http://calyxbio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Calyx-Chairmans-Letter-2017-01-30.pdf
About Calyx
In addition to Calyx's portfolio of proprietary intellectual property with applications in crop enhancement, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cannigistics Agri-Solutions Corp., is a software development company that has created a software platform tailored to advanced indoor agriculture. The Cannigistics software platform is designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of indoor agricultural operations, and positions Cannigistics to be the industry leader in agri-software solutions by providing businesses with advanced controls over all aspects of their operations. Recent upgrades have also generated interest in the software platform from outside the agriculture industry which could potentially provide additional areas of growth for the Company.
For further information about Calyx, please visit www.calyxbio.com.
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This document contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Calyx, as well as other expectations, plans, goals, objectives, information or statements about future events, conditions, or performance that may constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" under applicable securities legislation. Such statements or information involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond Calyx's control. Such forward-looking statements or information are based on a number of assumptions, which may prove to be incorrect.
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