** Shares of Epsilon Healthcare EPN.AX surge as much as 26.7% to A$0.38 in steepest rise since December 19, 2025
** Stock touches its highest level since January 8
** Healthcare and pharma co says unit Epsilon Pharma enters new manufacturing agreement with medicinal cannabis cultivator Puro New Zealand
** Unit to manufacture, prepare finished formulation products on Puro's behalf for export, initially to the UK during the first quarter of 2026, with exports to expand to strategic European countries in the near-term
(Reporting by Anjali Singh in Bengaluru)
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