Reformulating psychedelics for neurodegenerative diseases

Beyond Biotech - the podcast from Labiotech

There is a clear demand for novel, neurological treatments. While it’s widely known psychedelics hold enormous therapeutic potential, there are a host of challenges, including dosing and potential side effects for the patient.

Our guest this week is Dr Sam Clark, who founded Terran Biosciences to develop a safe, effective portfolio of therapeutics and technologies for patients with neurological and psychiatric diseases.

00:52-04:09: About Terran Biosciences
04:09-06:03: What are the challenges of using psychedelics?
06:03-07:32: Is there still a stigma attached to use of psychedelics?
07:32-11:45: How do psychedelics work on the brain?
11:45-13:44: Why are psychedelics a good treatment?
13:44-16:51: What is Idazoxan XR?
16:51-18:01: How do you make changes to drugs?
18:01-21:19: How did you develop your business model?
21:19-22:40: What are Eplivanserin and Volinanserin?
22:40-24:49: How useful are repurposed drugs?
24:49-29:06: Keeping drugs affordable
29:06-30:31: Dealing with patents
30:31-32:41: What are empathogens?
32:41-33:12: Where is the company at with clinical trials?
33:12-35:45: What is NM-101?
35:45-37:47: How does Terran differ from other companies?
37:47-39:54: Are you looking to cure conditions?
39:54-40:48: Schizophrenia
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Chapters

1. Reformulating psychedelics for neurodegenerative diseases (00:00:00)

2. About Terran Biosciences (00:00:52)

3. What are the challenges of using psychedelics? (00:04:09)

4. Is there still a stigma attached to use of psychedelics?
 (00:06:03)

5. How do psychedelics work on the brain?
 (00:07:32)

6. Why are psychedelics a good treatment?
 (00:11:45)

7. What is Idazoxan XR?
 (00:13:44)

8. How do you make changes to drugs?
 (00:16:51)

9. How did you develop your business model?
 (00:18:01)

10. What are Eplivanserin and Volinanserin?
 (00:21:19)

11. How useful are repurposed drugs?
 (00:22:40)

12. Keeping drugs affordable
 (00:24:49)

13. Dealing with patents
 (00:29:06)

14. What are empathogens?
 (00:30:31)

15. Where is the company at with clinical trials?
 (00:32:41)

16. What is NM-101?
 (00:33:12)

17. How does Terran differ from other companies?
 (00:35:45)

18. Are you looking to cure conditions?
 (00:37:47)

19. Schizophrenia (00:39:54)