Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. has created phenethlyamines acting as 5-HT2A receptor agonists and reported to be useful for the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
Electromedical Products International Inc. (EPI) Alpha-Stim AID technology is finally being made available by the NHS in the U.K. to treat patients with anxiety some two years after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said there was not enough good-quality evidence to support the case for routine adoption.
The U.K. health technology assessment body has given its approval to the use of nine digital health products for treating mental disorders, enabling them to get conditional reimbursement in the National Health Service (NHS), while real world evidence of their cost effectiveness is collected.
Psilera Inc. has announced animal findings for its first cohort of drug candidates designed and synthesized in-house showing that they are non-hallucinogenic. This group includes six patent-pending compounds with novel structural features across four compound families.
Enveric Biosciences Inc. has announced new research detailing the first-ever isolation of a novel indolethylamine N-methyltransferase from the cane toad (Rhinella marina) and the successful development of a bioproduction platform for the isolation and pharmacological screening of novel indolethylamines.
Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals Inc. has identified arylcyclo-hexylamine derivatives targeting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and/or serotonin transporter (SERT) reported to be useful for the treatment of substance abuse and dependence, depression and mood and anxiety disorders.
Sensorium Therapeutics Inc. closed a $30 million series A round to fund the discovery and development of new psychiatric drugs, inspired by human ethnobotanical practices that date back hundreds or even thousands of years.
The potential for psychedelics to deliver long-lasting benefits for people with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction is being put to the test in Australia, where new research and discovery centers are adding to a global enterprise of nearly 100 clinical trials underway in the space.