Written by Psychedelic Alpha’s Noah Smith with support from Editor-at-Large and patent attorney Graham Pechenik of Calyx Law.
The Psychedelic Patent Update provides headline figures and data regarding published psychedelic patent applications and grants, as well as a brief summary of a select handful of patent-related actions.
In this Issue:
- Overview and Interactive Database
- Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals Broadens Moat Around Lead Tryptamine Candidate
- Final Round of Publications from Lykos Therapeutics
- Reconnect Labs Joins Competitive 5-MeO-DMT IP Landscape
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General Overview
We added 17 PCTs and 34 U.S. patent applications focused on psychedelics to our tracker in May 2025. New entries came from the likes of Reconnect Labs, Mindset Pharma (acquired by Otsuka), Bexson Biomedical, Kuleon Bioscience, Lykos Therapeutics, Sage Therapeutics, and more.
Using our interface, you can explore applications that were not only published or granted in these months, but also those that were allowed, abandoned, rejected, or even instances where applicants filed responses to final and non-final rejections from Examiners.
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