MindMed Building Diverse Pipeline and Leadership Position in Psychedelic Inspired Medicines Industry
MindMed Co-founders and Co-CEOs JR Rahn and Stephen Hurst to provide corporate update of activities and investor Q&A on July 2, 2020 at 1pm EST
New York, NY — June 26, 2020– MindMed, the leading neuro-pharmaceutical company for psychedelic inspired medicines is rapidly advancing its drug development pipeline and R&D activities since its listing on March 3, 2020.
MindMed Co-Founder and Co-CEO JR Rahn said “Our progress in the past few months clearly demonstrates the quality of our team and the pace at which we operate as a company. We are honored to pioneer the fast growing psychedelic inspired medicines industry alongside peers including COMPASS Pathways, ATAI Life Sciences and non-profits MAPs, USONA and the Heffter Institute. There is a very clear distinction of the caliber of organizations advancing clinical trials to develop disruptive medicines for mental health and addiction and we look forward to continually raising the bar for the entire space and patients.”
In furtherance of its mission to discover, develop and deploy psychedelic inspired medicines the company and management have executed on the below selected opportunities since listing on March 3, 2020:
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
Experiential Therapies
• Added an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating high dose LSD for the treatment of anxiety disorders in collaboration with the University Hospital Basel’s Liechti Lab.
• Initiated Project Lucy, a high dose LSD psychedelic assisted therapy drug commercial development program for the treatment of anxiety disorders, intending to undertake a Phase 2b human trial.
• Added and began treating patients in a Phase 2 clinical trial of LSD for Cluster Headaches in collaboration with University Hospital Basel’s Liechti Lab.
• Filed a patent application for a LSD neutralizer technology intended to shorten and stop the effects of an LSD trip during a therapy session in collaboration with the University Hospital Basel’s Liechti Lab.
• Acquired the exclusive license to 8 clinical trials and human safety studies of LSD at University Hospital Basel evaluating LSD.
• Filed a patent application and are developing technologies and analytics that seek to personalize LSD assisted therapy experiences for a specific patient in collaboration with University Hospital Basel Liechti Lab.
Microdosing Division
• Entered into a clinical trial agreement with Maastricht University to undertake a Phase 2a clinical trial for microdosing LSD in adult patients with ADHD intending to begin by the end of 2020.
• Appointed Principal Investigators for Phase 2a clinical trial for microdosing LSD Dr Kim Krupyers (Maastricht University) and Dr Matthias Liechti (University Hospital Basel).
• Added additional clinical trial site at University Hospital Basel for Phase 2a clinical trial at University Hospital Basel.
18-MC (Opioid Use Disorder Program)
• Initiated and began dosing of a Phase 1 human safety trial of our 18-MC program for Opioid Use Disorder in Australia in the midst of COVID-19.
MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
• Acquired the exclusive license to 9 completed clinical trials of MDMA at University Hospital Basel. Performing ongoing evaluation of data and opportunities to create new drug development programs to include MDMA
• Filed a patent application and are developing technologies and analytics that seek to personalize MDMA assisted therapy experiences for a specific patient in collaboration with University Hospital Basel Liechti Lab.
DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, active ingredient in Ayahuasca)
• Providing startup funding to Liechti Lab for a Phase 1 clinical trial of DMT testing various intravenous dosing regimens, expected to begin in Q4 of 2020 setting stage for future potential Phase 2a proof of concept trials
Corporate Development
• Appointed Johns Hopkins Professor and leading psychedelics researcher, Matt Johnson to its scientific advisory board
MindMed Co-Founders and Co-CEOs will provide an update on operations and corporate activities, and will answer questions for shareholders on Thursday, July 2 at 1pm EST. Please sign up for Webinar here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pOzqk58eQaqgq_UZExDiHg
When: Jul 2, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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About MindMed
Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. is a neuro-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and deploys psychedelic-inspired medicines to improve health, promote wellness and alleviate suffering. The company’s has initiated or is initiating studies to evaluate potential treatments to help patients with ADHD, anxiety, cluster headaches and substance abuse. The MindMed executive team brings extensive biopharmaceutical industry experience to this groundbreaking approach to the development of next-generation psychedelic medicines. MindMed trades on the NEO Exchange under the symbol MMED. MindMed can also be traded in the US under the symbol OTC: MMEDF and in Germany under the symbol DE:BGHM. For more information: www.mindmed.co.
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