medical cannabis

A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

From the WebSeptember 16, 2019, 5:39 pm

Cannbit wins race for Tikun Olam’s Israeli business

Calcalist: Israeli cannabis company Cannbit will be buying the business for some $40 million, according to people familiar with the matter

Michael Eisenberg of Aleph VC, left, and Bradley Tusk, the founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, during the recording of the Firewall Special Israel Edition podcast (Courtesy)

August 18, 2019, 1:15 pm

LISTEN: How a young weed grower went on to found a cannabis inhaler startup

4th in a series of 7 Israeli startup podcasts: Syqe Medical’s inhaler enables the precise delivery of medical cannabis to help patients in pain

The Toronto Stock Exchange (Mikeinlondon, iStock by Getty Images)

May 26, 2019, 4:25 pm

Israel’s largest medical cannabis producer to list shares on Toronto Exchange

Breath of Life International files preliminary prospectus with the exchange; will become the first Israeli cannabis firm to list on the TSX

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustration of Seedo’s technology for the automated growing of cannabis. (Seedo)

May 21, 2019, 1:04 pm

Medical cannabis firm Seedo sets up distribution center in Rotterdam

Israeli startup to use base for the sale of its fridge-like system for growing medical cannabis at home

By Shoshanna Solomon

A worker tends to cannabis plants at the Tikun Olam growing facility in Israel. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

May 16, 2019, 10:36 pm

Health Ministry to reschedule medical cannabis, allowing for sale in pharmacies

Under new guidelines, specialist doctors will be able to prescribe plant without license or approval, like any other medication

By TOI staff

Illustrative: An Israeli agricultural engineer inspects marijuana plants at the BOL (Breath Of Life) Pharma greenhouse in the country's second-largest medical cannabis plantation, near Kfar Pines in northern Israel, on March 9, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)

May 11, 2019, 2:53 am

US turns to Israeli know-how for medical cannabis research

American businesses and investors looking for advanced information on the plant are turning to the Jewish State, where the government not only allows research, but funds it

By Maya Mirsky

An Israeli woman works at the Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm. (photo credit: AP)

May 1, 2019, 3:02 pm

Hebrew University hosts cannabis conference to forge way forward

In 2018, the Jerusalem institution’s tech transfer arm struck 25 licensing agreements in the field of cannabis, accounting for 10% of total licensing volume that year

By Shoshanna Solomon

Yochanan Danino, incoming chairman of the board of directors for Together Pharma. (Together Pharma/PR)

February 6, 2019, 1:02 pm

Ex-police chief takes post pushing medical cannabis worldwide

Yohanan Danino appointed chairman of Together Pharma, says marijuana can help patients suffering from a variety of ailments

By Stuart Winer

The annual CannaTech event held in Tel Aviv on March 20, 2017. CannaTech showcases cannabis and all the opportunity that surrounds it (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

January 27, 2019, 5:29 pm

Ministers approve exports of medical marijuana

22 acres of cannabis already being cultivated for sale overseas, expected to begin late this year

By TOI staff

Yehudah Haber in an undated photo from his army days. (courtesy Yehudah Haber)

January 6, 2019, 5:52 pm

Cancer patient sues Health Ministry over slashed marijuana prescriptions

Medical cannabis halted growth of Yehudah Haber’s malignant brain tumor, but the Health Ministry, against advice of 4 doctors, has reduced his dosage by 60%

By Melanie Lidman

December 27, 2018, 1:54 am

High hopes as Israel moves closer to allowing cannabis exports

After Knesset okay, cabinet must now decide on legislation making country third in world to legalize selling medical marijuana abroad; industry expected to be worth over $1 billion

By Marcy Oster

Medical marijuana smoking supplies at a store adjacent to the 'Tikun Olam' store in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2016. Tikun Olam Ltd. is the largest supplier of medical Cannabis in Israel, operating under license from the Health Ministry since 2007. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

November 7, 2018, 3:11 pm

Thousands of patients in limbo as ministry temporarily shuts top cannabis grower

As health officials cite concerns with hygiene, patients left with with no way to fill prescriptions fume at both ministry and Tikun Olam company over ‘broken system’

By Melanie Lidman

October 15, 2018, 3:14 pm

Israeli lab set up to give clinical validation to cannabis research

Lumir Lab, on campus of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will be led by Czech chemist who is an authority in the field

By Shoshanna Solomon

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, at the Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem on June 5, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 25, 2018, 4:54 pm

Ex-PM Ehud Barak to chair medical cannabis firm InterCure

Company to employ former Israeli leader to lead its global growth strategy for a 40-hour-per-month job that will pay $10,000

By TOI staff

Dr Dvory Namdar, the chief chemist and research associate at the government's marijuana greenhouses at the Volcani Center in Rishon Lezion, holds a flowering cannabis plant on June 27, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

August 18, 2018, 12:43 pm

Weed firms fume as government rolls with cannabis research but stubs out exports

The Volcani Center’s medical marijuana research is part of Israel’s bid to be a world leader in medical cannabis, though businesses are angry over Netanyahu’s exports freeze

By Melanie Lidman