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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Magic mushrooms to treat depression? This Peter Thiel-backed startup just got FDA okay to begin trials

The Food and Drug Administration has greenlighted the use of the psychedelic ingredient in “magic” mushrooms for a drug trial to treat depression.

The federal agency gave the U.S. approval to London-based life sciences startup called Compass Pathways that launched in 2016 under the backing of billionaire Peter Thiel.

Regulatory approvals for the trial have already been given in the U.K., the Netherlands and Canada.

The trial is expected to be a phase IIB dose-ranging study involving 216 patients in 12 to 15 research sites across Europe and North America. The tests will begin in the U.K. later this month and sites in other countries will kick off as soon as regulatory approvals are received.

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/magic-mushrooms-to-treat-depression-this-peter-thiel-backed-startup-just-got-fda-okay-to-begin-trials

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was all put on the planet for a reason. We just need to figure it all out.

Anonymous said...

3:06 AM, Maybe so but we've all yet to figure out why Obama, Clinton, Comey, Pelosi and that ilk were put on this planet and better yet why they are all not in prison.

Anonymous said...

They're not in prison because they still hold power over those who would send them there.

Anonymous said...

Or, and hear me out, they weren't found guilty unlike a giant batch of Drumpfs cronies