MDMA for PTSD: 'love' drug filing continuing to invite acrimony

15 May 2024
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A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel will consider Lykos Therapeutics’ filing for midomafetamine capsules (MDMA) as a therapy-assisted treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in early June.

When the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) meets on June 4, members will have plenty to weigh up in what is the first time that a FDA panel has reviewed a new PTSD treatment in 25 years.

On the one side is Lykos, its former self MAPS Public Benefit Corporation and other advocates of psychedelics and related compounds for the treatment of mental health conditions.

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