Published: 30 July 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
PERRY DAVIDSON WAS FRUSTRATED. Nine years ago he was living in Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek neighbourhood and was going to the beach every day for six months. “When you end a chapter in your life,” says Davidson, “it’s very important not to do anything – to let out all the air before you’re filled with a new spirit.”
Roaming the beach became Davidson’s daily routine after he resigned that year as CEO and cofounder of Tikun Olam, the first company in Israel for growing and distributing medical cannabis.
In those days Tikun Olam participated in some of the discussions of the Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee, and Davidson begged the committee members to allow the creation of a financial model for medical cannabis companies.
Tikun Olam, which operated during its first years as a non-profit organization, was overwhelmed by the demand for medical cannabis – and its operating costs were growing by the month.
“We ran around like crazy to bring the medication to the patients, we didn’t sleep at night, we killed ourselves over the problem – not like most of the pharmaceutical companies, which are busy organizing formal dinners,” he recalls.
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Photo: Perry Davidson in Syqe Medical's Tel Aviv lab, July 22 (Eyal Toueg)
