An Australian medical vape manufacturer pitching itself as an ethical alternative to big tobacco counts pharmacy heavyweights and a lobby group led by a former health minister among its investors.
tougher import controls and product standards to crack down on bootleg sales and Health Minister Mark Butler says he is determined to “stamp this out”.
The private company positions itself as a disruptor to the big tobacco companies that also make vapes and want them to be sold freely for everyday use.Liber instead sees its market as Australia’s 2.8 million smokers and 1 million or more people vaping without a prescription who could use its product under medical supervision to eventually quit.
Its shares were first registered in Australia in January 2021, months after then-health minister Greg Hunt revealed he would pursue a prescription model, and it launched its vape product in pharmacies in October 2021 when the new laws came into effect.to supply medically prescribed e-cigarettes to Australians who imported them for personal use.
It was part of Liber’s first funding round in Australia, which distributed 1.2 million shares between 21 accounts mainly linked to the company and its employees, according to Australian Securities and Investments Commission filings. “Our goal is to provide a high-quality product that has no affiliation to big tobacco and no history of consumer sales so that doctors can look at the science associated with using vaping products for smoking cessation and determine whether the technology is appropriate for their patients,” he said.
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