Who will own psilocybin for anorexia?
One of the methods claimed in Compass’ PCT application is administering “a therapeutically-effective dose of psilocybin” to a subject with anorexia
Could a claim on treating anorexia with psilocybin be granted?
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One of the methods claimed in Compass’ PCT application is administering “a therapeutically-effective dose of psilocybin” to a subject with anorexia
Could a claim on treating anorexia with psilocybin be granted?
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https://twitter.com/RussellHausfeld/status/1372515346201067536
Compass is listed as collaborator on an investigator-initiated study at UC San Diego, to explore the safety, tolerability, & efficacy of psilocybin-assisted therapy for anorexia
This trial was first posted on December 10, 2020
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clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04…
This trial was first posted on December 10, 2020
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clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04…
Another study, sponsored by Imperial College London, will also assess the acceptability & efficacy of treating anorexia with psilocybin, & will use MRI & EEG to examine neuronal underpinnings of tx
This trial was posted earlier, on August 10, 2020
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clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04…
This trial was posted earlier, on August 10, 2020
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clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04…
A third study, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University, is an open-label pilot investigating the safety & efficacy of psilocybin in anorexia
This trial was posted earliest, on August 12, 2019
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clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04…
This trial was posted earliest, on August 12, 2019
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clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04…
Compass’ PCT application has a priority date based on the filing of its first US provisional
The priority date is April 17, 2019
If that date is before Johns Hopkins’ & Imperial College London’s trials became public, would they not be prior art?
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patents.google.com/patent/WO20202…
The priority date is April 17, 2019
If that date is before Johns Hopkins’ & Imperial College London’s trials became public, would they not be prior art?
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patents.google.com/patent/WO20202…
As @ericarex has written, an inpatient in a Paris psychiatric hospital was given psilocybin to treat her anorexia in 1959
This was documented in a 1960 French doctoral dissertation: “La Psilocybine en psychiatrie clinique et expérimentale“
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psychedelicrenaissance.substack.com/p/psilocybin-t…
This was documented in a 1960 French doctoral dissertation: “La Psilocybine en psychiatrie clinique et expérimentale“
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psychedelicrenaissance.substack.com/p/psilocybin-t…
How would a 1960 French doctoral dissertation come to the attention of a patent examiner?
If it didn’t, could a claim on treating anorexia w psilocybin be granted?
If a claim was granted, what would happen to research at Johns Hopkins & Imperial?
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If it didn’t, could a claim on treating anorexia w psilocybin be granted?
If a claim was granted, what would happen to research at Johns Hopkins & Imperial?
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https://twitter.com/fredbarrettphd/status/1361397081563226112?s=21
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