Graft Polymer to buy Awakn Life Sciences in all stock deal

Graft Polymer to buy Awakn Life Sciences in all stock deal

Awakn Life Sciences Corp. (CSE: AWKN) (OTCQB: AWKNF) announced it would be bought by Graft Polymer (UK) PLC with Graft acquiring all of the company’s shares in a deal valued at C$8.8 million. Graft is a UK-based biotechnology company listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “GPL” and is currently focused on developing […]

Ketamine diversion rates increase according to new report

Ketamine diversion rates increase according to new report

The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) published a report this week noting the increase in diversions of the drug ketamine. The report was authored by Joseph J. Palamar, PhD, Caroline Rutherford, MS and Katherine M. Keyes, PhD. and they obtained data on undistributed pharmaceutical ketamine diversion from the DEA via a Freedom of Information Act request. Palamar […]

Veterans Affairs to fund $1.5M study on MDMA therapy for PTSD, alcohol use

Veterans Affairs to fund .5M study on MDMA therapy for PTSD, alcohol use

The Department of Veterans Affairs will fund a $1.5 million study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder, marking its first foray into psychedelic research in over 50 years, officials announced Tuesday. The clinical trial, led by Brown and Yale researchers, begins enrolling participants in fiscal year 2025 at VA medical […]

Relmada Therapeutics hopes to hit big milestones by year-end

Relmada Therapeutics hopes to hit big milestones by year-end

Relmada also told investors that it didn’t think it had enough money to last a year from now. Relmada Therapeutics (Nasdaq: RLMD) provided a corporate update and announced preliminary and unaudited financial results for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. The company does not have revenue to report as of yet. Net loss for the […]

What legalized psilocybin might look like in New Jersey

What legalized psilocybin might look like in New Jersey

(This story first appeared at reMind, a psychedelics business platform. The reMind Psychedelics Business Forum is Dec. 3 at MJBizCon. Full information about the forum is available here.) New Jersey lawmakers are hoping to succeed with psychedelics policy reform in ways their counterparts in California and Connecticut have not – at least not so far. […]

Shroom Showdown: Ranking Magic Mushrooms by Potency

Shroom Showdown: Ranking Magic Mushrooms by Potency

Oregon, the first state to fully legalize psychedelics, will roll out therapy this year, with the rest of the country watching closely for cautionary tales and of course, success stories. Not to be outdone, NY and California have also pushed for similar proposals. Both proposals would relax laws around certain hallucinogens, including psilocybin, ibogaine and DMT, […]

The Start-Ups Helping to Mainstream Psychedelic Therapies

The Start-Ups Helping to Mainstream Psychedelic Therapies

Oregon, the first state to fully legalize psychedelics, will roll out therapy this year, with the rest of the country watching closely for cautionary tales and of course, success stories. Not to be outdone, NY and California have also pushed for similar proposals. Both proposals would relax laws around certain hallucinogens, including psilocybin, ibogaine and DMT, […]

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