In a first for the UK, an investment fund dedicated to psychedelic healthcare has been launched.
Psychedelics
Numinus Completes First Extraction of its Psilocybe Mushrooms
VANCOUVER, BC , Dec. 17, 2020 /CNW/ - Numinus Wellness Inc. ("Numinus" or the "Company") (TSXV: NUMI), a company creating an ecosystem of solutions centred on the research, development, and delivery of safe, evidence-based, accessible psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, has completed the first legal extraction of Psilocybe mushrooms in Canada by a public company for research and development purposes.
Numinus Completes First Extraction of its Psilocybe Mushrooms
Numinus announces the first legal extraction of psilocybe mushrooms in Canada by a public company.
How Psychedelic Drug Stocks Took Off in 2020
After some early turbulence in 2020, psychedelic drug stocks have taken off.
City Of Oakland Urges California To Decriminalize Psychedelics And Allow Healing Ceremonies
The Oakland City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution that calls on California state lawmakers to enact policies decriminalizing a wide range of psychedelicsand allowing local jurisdictions to permit healing ceremonies where people could use entheogenic substances.
Canadian Government Agency Removes Barrier for Psilocybin Therapy
PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Canada, in a recent "breakthrough Exemption" has quietly expanded its list of who can legally possess and consume psilocybin-containing mushrooms by granting 16 health-care professionals the same exemptions it gave more than a dozen patients with terminal and mental illnesses, according to TheraPsil, a Victoria non-profit that has been behind the struggle to treat a list of mental health issues, including debilitating depression, PTSD and even terminal cancer patients.
Mydecine Innovations Group Engages the ProPharma Group to Proceed with FDA Filings and Approval for Novel Research and Multiple Phase Clinical Trials
DENVER, Dec. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mydecine Innovations Group (CSE: MYCO) (OTC: MYCOF) (“Mydecine” or the “Company”), an emerging biopharma and life sciences company committed to the research, development, and acceptance of alternative nature-sourced therapeutic medicine for mainstream use, announced that it has partnered with ProPharma Group, the leading provider of regulatory and compliance services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries.
Push for Alternative Therapies Prods Researchers Towards Psilocybin
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The psychedelics market is currently navigating a similar legal situation to the one the cannabis market found itself in for many years.
MindMed Upsizes Previously Announced CAD $50m Bought Deal Public Offering
MindMed increases its latest bought-deal financing to CAD$80 million.
Numinus Wellness : Announces National Expansion with Acquisition of Montreal-Based Mindspace Wellbeing, a Full-service Well-being Organization and Pioneer in Psychedelic Programming
Numinus acquires a Montreal-based provider of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies.
MindMed Announces $50 Million Bought Deal Public Offering
MindMed continues to raise capital. This time issuing 11,364,000 units at CAD$4.40 for gross proceeds of CAD$50,001,600.
MindMed Announces Successful Completion of Pre-IND Meeting with the FDA for Project Lucy
MindMed announces a successful pre-Investigational New Drug meeting with the FDA regarding its Project Lucy (LSD) research for anxiety.
UK Approves Trials Testing DMT as Depression Treatment
The United Kingdom has approved trials by London-based Small Pharma for assessing the safety, and later efficacy, of N,N-dimethyltryptamine – or DMT – for depression, according to a Pharm Exec report. It is the world’s first clinical trial for studying DMT as a depression treatment.
Eleusis Launches Clinical Development of Psychedelic Infusion Therapies for Major Depressive Disorder and Acquires Kalypso Wellness Centers
Eleusis acquires a ketamine therapy provider and announces a new R&D program.
Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science
They’ve been credited in part for the musical and artistic revolutions of the late 1960s. According to some scientific opinions, they have potentially inspired early creativity in humans and our ancient ancestors.