Scalable psychedelic therapy for depression

A single dose of psilocybin has produced rapid reductions in depressive symptoms in people with treatment-resistant depression.1 Classic psychedelics act for six hours or more, and a clinician has to stay with the patient for the whole session. That limits how many people a clinic can treat.

Alphion’s compound is designed to act for a much shorter time, so that a treatment session fits into an ordinary clinic schedule.