Process leads to standardized psychedelic
extracts that are reproducible, scalable, cost-effective and
commercially viable
VANCOUVER, BC, June 24, 2021 /CNW/ - Numinus Wellness Inc.
("Numinus" or the "Company") (TSXV: NUMI), a mental health
care company advancing innovative treatments and safe,
evidence-based psychedelic-assisted therapies, is pleased to
announce that its subsidiary Numinus Bioscience Inc. ("Numinus
Bioscience") has filed a provisional patent application with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a process
that dramatically increases the production of therapeutics for use
in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
The sustainable, reproducible and easily scalable process will
be used to rapidly generate therapeutic products from psychoactive
fungi species that contain psilocybin, other psychoactive compounds
and a range of additional beneficial compounds, some of which
Numinus researchers characterized for the first time in psychedelic
fungi. The resulting psychedelic products are intended to be
delivered in micro or macro dosages to help treat mental health
disorders that affect millions of people around the world.
"At Numinus, one of the key goals of our lab's research and
discovery work is to support accessibility to psychedelic-assisted
psychotherapies," said Sharan Sidhu,
Numinus Bioscience General Manager and Science Officer. "The rapid
production process announced today meets that goal by enhancing our
ability to seamlessly formulate safe and effective products with
consistent psychoactive properties at scale, with the regulatory
confidence that comes with standardized products."
Numinus initially tested the production process to rapidly
generate a Psilocybe species extract as 'proof of concept'.
Results revealed a highly efficient, scalable process that can be
applied to other species of psychoactive fungi. Numinus will assess
the clinical efficacy and safety of an extract generated using its
proprietary technology in an upcoming Phase 1 clinical trial, which
was announced in April 2021. The
Company's goal is to scale up the proprietary technology to make
psychedelic products generated from psychoactive fungi more readily
available in a market that may become regulated in the future.
"As research interest and demand for compassionate access to
psychedelics grows, patients will require safe therapeutic products
that offer consistent psychoactive properties and are scalable,"
said Payton Nyquvest, CEO, Numinus.
"With that in mind, we believe that the rapid production process
has the potential to transform the sector and ensure that as many
people as possible have the opportunity to benefit from mental
health treatments and support their wellbeing."
Today's announcement reinforces the leadership of the Numinus
Bioscience lab in novel psychedelic therapeutics development, and
highlights the opportunities resulting from the intellectual
property strategy that Numinus is pursuing. This includes basic
research into laboratory discoveries and processes that are
reproducible, sustainable, cost-efficient and patentable.
Under Canada's Controlled
Drugs and Substances Act, Numinus Bioscience can possess,
produce, assemble, sell, export, and deliver a wide variety of
psychedelics including Ketamine, Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD),
Mescaline, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), N-Methyl-3,4,
methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDMA), Psilocin and Psilocybin.
About Numinus
Numinus Wellness (TSX-V: NUMI) helps people to heal and be well
through the development and delivery of innovative mental health
care and access to safe, evidence-based psychedelic-assisted
therapies. The Numinus Wellness model - including psychedelic
production, research and clinic care - is at the forefront of
a transformation aimed at healing rather than managing symptoms for
depression, anxiety, trauma, pain and substance abuse. At Numinus,
we are leading the integration of psychedelic-assisted therapies
into mainstream clinical practice, and building the foundation for
a healthier society.
Learn more at numinus.ca, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter,
and Instagram.
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safety, efficacy, dosing and social acceptance of psychedelics; the
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