MMPRsoft tapped to handle sales for Canada's only pharmacist-controlled producer and distributor.

Alberta is gradually becoming a leader in medical cannabis production, thanks in part to some Edmonton software developers.

Edmonton’s MMPRsoft, a web-based cannabis-operations program, recently secured a deal to handle the end-to-end operations of CannTrust Inc. – Canada’s only pharmacist-controlled licensed producer and distributor of medical cannabis.

MMPRsoft manages e-commerce and webstore development as well as facility management, which includes equipment inventory, crop management, customer relationships, health clinic partnerships and dealings with the department of Veterans Affairs.

“The feedback I’m getting is that we are the only end-to-end system out there, and we offer more functionality than anybody,” said MMPRsoft owner and president Dallas Devam.

“I’m fairly confident we have the best application in the world, actually.”

Last week, Aurora Cannabis, Alberta’s only licensed producer, announced plans to build what it is calling the world’s most advanced cannabis...