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How to Change Your Mind comes to Netflix!

How to Change Your Mind | Official Trailer | Netflix

The most famous book on psychedelics becoming a Netflix series this July 12th.

If you haven’t read Michael Pollan’s best-selling book How to Change Your Mind, you’re missing out. The book provides one of the most comprehensive summaries on the history and future of psychedelic research, covering so many fascinating details that we could never fit in this 5-minute newsletter.

Now, the book is being transformed into a 4 part docu-series on the healing potential of LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, and mescaline. The 

The psychedelics sector gained a ton of traction after the documentary Fantastic Fungi was released — we can only imagine the positive impact this series will have!

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30% less opioid use

Associations between classic psychedelics and opioid use disorder in a nationally-representative U.S. adult sample

A recent survey of 200,000+ people found that those who have used psilocybin at least once are 30% less likely to have opioid use disorder. However, LSD, mescaline, and peyote use did not seem to have an impact on opioid use. Addiction is linked with abnormal serotonin neurotransmission. Since psilocybin targets the serotonin system, it may help protect against opioid addiction.

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Peyote, but ✨sustainable✨

Wellbeing Digital Sciences’ Subsidiary KGK Science Engaged by Lophos Pharmaceuticals for Novel Peyote Study

Peyote has the longest documented use of any psychedelic, yet we don’t see many companies researching its properties.

That’s because the psychedelic cactus is endangered – the 13-year growth cycle can’t keep up with the rate of harvesting.

Lophos Pharmaceuticals is developing a sustainable cultivation technique that could reduce the long growth cycle to just 3 years, preserving the species and accelerating research.

The CEO of Lophos says that peyote could help treat obesity, addiction, anxiety, and depression, with a strong potential for microdosing. 

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XPhyto provides progress update on Psychedelic Medicine Programs and Novel Compounds Milestone

XPhyto provides progress update on Psychedelic Medicine Programs and Novel Compounds Milestone

Vancouver, Canada, and Uttenweiler, Germany (February 22, 2022) – XPhyto Therapeutics Corp. (CSE:XPHY / OTC:XPHYF / FSE:4XT) (“XPhyto” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its wholly owned subsidiary XPhyto Laboratories Inc. (“XPhyto Labs”). XPhyto Labs’ psychedelic medicine programs based in Edmonton, Canada, are focused on a multi-pronged approach to psychedelic medicine including GMP drug synthesis, proprietary drug delivery systems, novel psychedelic analogue engineering, and clinical validation.

Psychedelic Medicine – Canada

Through its exclusive contract R&D collaboration with Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (“Applied”), first announced on February 3, 2021, XPhyto Labs is pursuing the application of psychedelic compounds as impactful solutions to mental health-related conditions.

Based on a systematic literature review, the Company identified mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) as a promising candidate for the treatment of a broad range of mental disease states such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction, as well as cluster headaches. XPhyto and Applied developed a repeatable two-step reaction process with a yield greater than 60% and purity exceeding 99%, which is ideal for clinical use. Analytical methods were developed and validated and to date approximately 60 g of GMP grade mescaline has been manufactured for clinical trial evaluation.

With respect to mescaline drug delivery, XPhyto is focused on formulations designed to avoid common negative side-effects and provide precise and predictable dosage forms for clinical use. Mescaline is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in certain cacti, most notably peyote, San Pedro, and Peruvian Torch. These cacti are typically consumed via ingestion which has been associated with gastro-intestinal discomfort, nausea, and a lack of dosing predictability. The Company is pursuing a novel drug delivery system designed to prevent these common negative side-effects and complications; however, due to sensitivity related to intellectual property, further details cannot be disclosed at this time. The Company will announce further details in due course.

In addition to GMP mescaline synthesis and drug delivery, the Canadian operations are also focused on the design and synthesis of novel “2nd generation” psychedelic analogues. The Company has successfully developed and manufactured two promising novel compounds with properties designed to increase bioavailability. Intellectual property related information will be disclosed in due course.

XPhyto and Applied are developing a mescaline clinical trial strategy and are currently in the planning process for a robust Phase I clinical trial to commence in late 2022 to evaluate the safety and dosing parameters for mescaline-based treatment employing a proprietary drug delivery system. Details will be provided as decisions are finalized over the coming months.

“We see a lot of potential therapeutic value in psychedelic compounds for their ability to positively influence neural networks through growth and reorganization,” said Prof. Dr. Löbenberg, XPhyto director and founder and director of the Drug Development and Innovation Centre, University of Alberta. “Our focus is to develop production methodology for GMP manufacturing, proprietary drug formulations with precise, predictable and efficient API delivery for clinical investigation and therapeutic use of novel next-generation psychedelic compounds.”

Psychedelic Medicine – Germany

In addition to operations in Canada and in collaboration with a major German university, the Company is pursuing the development of industrial scale production methodology for GMP psilocybin through an advanced biosynthesis process focused on the insertion of genes from the psilocybin mushroom into certain bio-organisms. Gene insertion is complete and the micro-organisms are now producing psilocybin. The Company will announce further details in due course.

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Way2Grow (W2G) Biopharma Corp. Receives Health Canada Approval Notice for Construction of a Controlled Substances Dealer’s Licence Level 8 Psychedelic Secure Environ and Psilocybin Production Campus

Way2Grow (W2G) Biopharma Corp. Receives Health Canada Approval Notice for Construction of a Controlled Substances Dealer’s Licence Level 8 Psychedelic Secure Environ and Psilocybin Production Campus

OSOYOOS, British Columbia, Nov. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via InvestorWire — Way2Grow Biopharma Corp. (“W2G” or the “Company”), a privately held therapeutic corporation existing under the laws of British Columbia, is pleased to announce approval of a Health Canada Dealer’s Licence Application, in which Health Canada issued notice to W2G to complete the construction of a Level 8 Secure Environ and Psilocybin Production Campus. A Health Canada Dealer Licence and production facility will allow W2G to procure psychedelics as well as propagate, cultivate, harvest and sell psychedelics to pharmacies, clinics and other licenced research facilities for allowable research purposes pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (the “CDSA”).

Licensing

W2G is pioneering a comprehensive Life Science Therapeutic Production Campus with the goal of researching, advancing and manufacturing life science therapeutics. W2G’s Therapeutic Production Campus supports small room, closed-loop, evidence-based therapeutic research and production. The Company’s pure cultivation approach is rooted in science, is empirically based, organically grown and evidence driven. W2G’s approach uses standardized tissue culture and micropropagation to cultivate and extract pure organic cannabis and psychedelic therapeutics. Completion of the Level 8 Controlled Substances Dealer’s Licence will allow W2G to cultivate, extract and store up to $30 million in value of psychedelics compounds, including psilocybin/psilocin (magic mushrooms), N, N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), Ololiuqui (Morning Glory), mescaline and peyote.

W2G will be the first comprehensive Life Science Therapeutic Production Campus specializing in psychedelic and cannabis production, micropropagation, organic cultivation, processing and therapeutic manufacturing in North America.  Approval of the Controlled Substances Dealer’s Licence allows W2G to procure controlled substances by synthesis, propagation, cultivation and harvesting of psychedelic substances. W2G will be permitted to sell psychedelic compounds to other licenced dealers, authorized hospitals, research facilities and academic institutions until such time that psychedelics are prescribed by authorized physicians.

To fulfill W2G’s innovative research plans in psychedelic formulations, the Company’s plans include EU-GMP-compliant facility construction to allow for the import and export of psychedelics therapeutics to expand evidence-based psychedelics research through global partnerships. W2G’s research plans include improving breeding programs, standardizing psilocybin production, and the examination of psychedelics’ combinative efficacy on treating certain health conditions.

W2G’s cultivation relies on a small, closed room approach to growing consistent organic medical psilocybin. Each W2G cultivar or spore starts with a consistent germplasm developed though natural breeding and tissue culture. The future of W2G germplasm development will integrate the use of advanced genomic and genetic engineering to produce novel biotechnologies. Each cultivation room operates under specific growing conditions to maintain optimal production and consistent quality of medicinal compounds.

W2G has pioneered a new and strategic comprehensive Life Science Therapeutic Production Campus by combining its expertise in organic cultivation technology with an experienced genetic advancement team, innovative pharmaceutical research plans and intellectual property development, coupled with the highest level of security.

“We are excited to enter this next phase of life science therapeutics, and we believe this unique combination will lead to the highest-quality targeted organic therapeutic products. As we enter this next phase of our company’s evolution, we will focus on building strategic partnerships to help disseminate our psychedelics research and to expand our distribution,” stated W2G CEO Jamie Filipuzzi.

About W2G

W2G is a privately held therapeutic company in the life science industry. W2G began with a vision to help patients gain better access to high-quality, consistent, organic therapeutics. To achieve this vision, W2G has developed a consistent growth plan using tissue culture and molecular biology. These methods allow for the standardization of the procedures used to ensure quality and consistency of W2G’s therapeutics.

W2G’s extensive research and intellectual property approach are focused on the development of several new plant-based cultivation techniques, hybrid cultivar development, genetic profiling and tissue culture. By developing a molecular breeding and genetics program, we can identify new bioactive compounds to determine interaction with specific genes responsible for chronic diseases.

W2G is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia, and is federally regulated in Canada under the Cannabis Act (S.C. 2018, c. 16) and the Cannabis Regulations (SOR/2018-144)).

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Phone: (403) 554-5973
Email: info@w2g.ca
Website:  www.w2g.ca

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PharmaTher Provides Research Update on Microneedle Patch Delivery Technologies for Psychedelics

PharmaTher Provides Research Update on Microneedle Patch Delivery Technologies for Psychedelics

  • Completing IND-enabling studies with novel microneedle patch for ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, and DMT.
  • Expanding research in evaluating ibogaine and mescaline.
  • Aiming for FDA Phase 1 and 2 clinical studies in Q2-2022.
  • Discussing partnership opportunities for delivering psychedelics with MicroDose-MN™ and MacroDose-MN™ patches.
TORONTO, November 1, 2021 — PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “PharmaTher”) (OTCQB: PHRRF) (CSE: PHRM), a clinical-stage psychedelics biotech company, today provides an update on the ongoing research studies with its novel microneedle (“MN”) patch as a next generation delivery technology for psychedelics, including ketamine, psilocybin, 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (“MDMA”), lysergic acid diethylamide (“LSD”), and N, N-dimethyltryptamine (“DMT”).

The Company has research collaborations with the Terasaki Institute to evaluate MicoDose-MN™; a patent-pending biocompatible and biodegradable gelatin methacryloyl microneedle patch, to deliver psilocybin, MDMA, LSD and DMT, and with The Queen’s University of Belfast (“QUB”) to evaluate MacroDose-MN™; a patented hydrogel-forming microneedle patch, to deliver ketamine and PharmaTher’s proprietary ketamine combination formulation, ketamine and betaine (“KETABET™”) for mental health, neurological and pain disorders.

Research results with MicroDose-MN™ for psilocybin and LSD will be made available in November 2021, followed by results with MDMA and DMT in December 2021.  Research results with MacroDose-MN™ for ketamine and KETABET™ will be made available in December 2021.  Current research results are very encouraging; therefore, the Company has decided to expand research to include ibogaine and mescaline, prepare IND applications with the FDA for Phase 1 and 2 clinical studies in Q2-2022, and discuss partnership opportunities with specialty pharmaceutical companies seeking a novel and validated delivery system for psychedelics targeting specific indications and desired pharmacokinetic profiles.

PharmaTher is proceeding with its IND-enabling studies and manufacturing scale-up for cGMP microneedle patches for its expected clinical studies in 2022.  The MicroDose-MN™ and MacroDose-MN™ patches can efficiently penetrate the stratum corneum layer (outer layer of the skin), enable flexible drug load capacity and combinations, and control-release delivery, which may overcome the potential drawbacks of oral administration, subcutaneous injections, topical and nasal delivery systems.  In addition to the potential of maintaining constant plasma levels for more than 24 hours, the MN patches aim to empower patients to dose their medication remotely, safely and conveniently rather than under supervision by a healthcare provider at a certified medical office. To achieve this, the Company will incorporate anti-tampering and anti-abuse features that would parallel the approach used for the tamper-resistant transdermal fentanyl patch.

“We are nearing completion of our research programs in validating the utility of our microneedle patch delivery technologies for psychedelics, derisking our plans in advancing the completion of our IND-enabling studies to support future clinical studies and partnering opportunities,” said Fabio Chianelli, CEO of PharmaTher.  “As we look forward to announcing our research results, our focus continues to expand our ketamine-based product pipeline and advance our microneedle patch programs to unlock significant value and return on investment for long-term revenue potential through our products and our future partners.”

About PharmaTher Holdings Ltd.

​PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. (OTCQB: PHRRF) (CSE: PHRM) is a clinical-stage psychedelics biotech company focused on the research, development and commercialization of novel uses, formulations and delivery methods of psychedelics, such as ketamine, to treat mental health, neurological and pain disorders.  PharmaTher is currently advancing an FDA approved phase 2 clinical study with ketamine to treat Parkinson’s disease and is developing a novel microneedle patch for the intradermal delivery of psychedelics and infectious disease treatments.
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Learn more at:  PharmaTher.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

For more information about PharmaTher, please contact:

Fabio Chianelli
Chief Executive Officer
PharmaTher Holdings Ltd.
Tel: 1-888-846-3171
Email: info@pharmather.com
Website: www.pharmather.com

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider have reviewed or accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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This press release contains ‘forward-looking information’ within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any of the words “could”, “intend”, “expect”, “believe”, “will”, “projected”, “estimated”, “potential”, “aim” and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. Forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions that have been made by the Company at the date of the information and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking information. Given these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking information contained in this press release is made as of the date hereof, and Company is not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. The foregoing statements expressly qualify any forward-looking information contained herein. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements are described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Company’s management’s discussion and analysis for the period of August 31, 2021 (“MD&A”), dated October 27, 2021, which is available on the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.

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Ann Arbor paves the way

Dem introduces bill decriminalizing psychedelics, hopes to reverse some ‘War on Drugs’ impacts

Michigan could be the next state to decriminalize psilocybin!

Senator Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced a bill, SB 631, that would decriminalize the use, possession, cultivation, and delivery of psilocybin and mescaline.

The bill would also allow practitioners to use the psychedelics in counseling or spiritual guidance, but commercial sales would remain illegal.

The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan has already decriminalized psychedelics, and Detroit isn’t far behind with a decriminalization initiative to appear on the ballot this November.

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