Ottawa, Ontario – (Marketwired – September 26, 2016) – PhytoPain Pharma (“PPP”), a subsidiary of GrowPros Cannabis Ventures Inc. (“GrowPros” or the “Company” or “GCI”) (CSE:GCI), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic cannabis-based products for the treatment of pain and other medical conditions received an Acknowledgement Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) after submitting a Request for Designation (“RFD”). PPP had filed a RFD for PPP001 to be classified as a drug and assigned to the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (“CDER”). The RFD enables the FDA to determine the product type and appropriate lead center. If the FDA has not issued a designation letter within 60 calendar days of the filing of the RFD, PPP’s recommendation will become the designated classification and assignment.