The compelling investment case for GreenStar Biosciences (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF)

By Richard Mason

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Entering a second market can often lead to a positive step-change in performance for a well-run growth company.

Entering a second market can often lead to a positive step-change in performance for a well-run growth company.

It diversifies risk and presents the market with an alternative stream of news flow.

If handled right, such a move can unleash incredible returns.

It can reinvigorate the narrative and set the share price on a new upward trajectory.

Much depends on the quality of the team leading the business, yet other factors play a significant role too.

What financial state is the company in?

What sector is it planning to enter?

Does it have the right people to get the most out of the new operating unit?

How much of a realizable opportunity is this?

With so many moving parts to consider, many investors can adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach.

They prefer to let things play out before buying into the revised vision.

This is usually a big mistake.

After all, the market rewards anticipation. Not hesitancy.

The trick for the smart investor is to identify those features in a stock that can act as catalysts for future growth and maximize its chances of success.

GreenStar Biosciences (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) is a perfect case in point.

A month before the lockdown, this company appointed a top-level CEO, Tom Baird, who immediately put into play an extremely ambitious, ‘transformational’ strategy leveraging the capabilities of an exceptional team.

Under the most difficult circumstances, Baird and his team pushed ahead regardless and just delivered an extremely important milestone.

He’s closed on the acquisition of Eleusian, which brings GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) into the ‘transformational medicine’ space alongside its thriving retail cannabis business.

The company is now about to embark on a period of intense activity that could see it deliver a number of substantial value events across its asset base.

The second half of 2020 promises to be an exhilarating ride, and this is certainly one stock well worth researching.

Quickly.


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Transformational medicines’ represent the next great frontier in medical science.

Using psychedelic compounds (such as cannabinoids, psilocybin or MDMA) to treat a wide variety of mental health conditions, transformational medicines have immense potential to revolutionize healing of the mind.

This obviously has global reach, and hundreds of millions of research dollars are starting to flow into the space.

Unsurprisingly, the sector is expected to become extremely hot over the next 18 months.

The eventual winners will be those companies that can combine rigorous scientific discipline with commercial prowess while managing complex project management.

Under Baird’s leadership, GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) fits this profile.

In a major development on July 27, the company completed the acquisition of Eleusian Biosciences.

Already recognized as one of the most sophisticated developers of transformational medicines, Eleusian brings with it an extremely talented team of researchers and a pipeline of potential blockbuster products.

Through its strategic research partnership with the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, Eleusian had secured for itself a strong position.

The Miller School of Medicine is widely respected for its first-rate research on Schedule I controlled substances. It is one of the few research institutions to have been awarded a license by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for this purpose.

Working with this school is a real accolade for GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF), and reflects the quality of the people it has recruited through its acquisition.

Eleusian’s Chief Science Officer, Maghsoud Dariani (who is now a key member of GreenStar’s (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) executive team) has an incredible track record in lucrative drug discovery.

He’s already overseen projects in his career that achieved FDA approval, including one for the development of Focalin. Sold by Novartis, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical firms, Focalin is a derivative of Ritalin, the medication used to treat ADHD.

At Eleusian, Dariani brought all this experience to bear. His team has already filed for three provisional patents, which will now be taken forward under the GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) banner.

Two of these patents are for novel treatments for concussion-induced post-traumatic stress disorder (separately using psilocybin and MDMA), while the third is for an innovative device called a “nasal mist transducer”. This allows precise doses of medication to be sprayed into the nasal cavity and rapidly enter the bloodstream.

Over the next 12 months, GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) is on course to deliver a deluge of news flow as it advances its patents and recruits a strategic partner to begin precision engineering work on the nasal mist transducer.

What’s more, the Miller research partnership opens the door to further ground-breaking research, and it is quite conceivable GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) will add to its I.P. portfolio with more patent applications.


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While the move into transformational medicines is very much GreenStar’s (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) future, the company’s existing business could still yield a massive return for investors in the near-term.

The company owns an exclusive option to acquire Cowlitz County Cannabis Cultivation.

Cowlitz is an established processor, marketer, and vendor of recreational cannabis in Washington State, one of the largest U.S. domestic markets. State-wide sales are expected to hit a record US$2.3 billion in 2020.

In its most recent figures, released on July 29, Cowlitz reported a 24% quarter-on-quarter increase in revenue to US$6.6 million in gross sales.

GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) believes Cowlitz is on course to deliver in excess of $19 million revenue in the full year, but this value is barely recognized on the company’s balance sheet.

Current restrictions on the foreign ownership of Washington State recreational cannabis vendors mean GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) has not been able yet to exercise its option.

However, this could all be about to change with a recent legal challenge.

In July 2020, an Idaho businessman launched an action against Washington State’s Liquor and Cannabis Board.

The case argues that the law prohibiting individuals and businesses that do not reside in the State from investing in local marijuana businesses is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Although this is in its early days, existing precedent paints an extremely positive picture.

Earlier in 2020, the state of Maine declined to defend the constitutionality of its residency requirement following a very similar challenge to that in Washington State.

The residency requirement was so patently unconstitutional that Maine announced it would cease enforcing the residency requirement after a complaint was filed but before the court heard a single motion in the case.”

petition for declaratory judgment in the matter of Todd Brinkmeyer v Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board

For GreenStar (CSE:GSTR | OTC:GTSIF) and its shareholders, the implications could be massive.

Right at the point the company is venturing out into transformational medicines, the Washing State legal challenge could enable it to realize a substantial gain from the Cowlitz Option.

The timing would be perfect.


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