atai buys Beckley Psytech subject to depression trial success
Germany-based mental health specialist atai Life Sciences (Nasdaq: ATAI) is to buy privately-held UK psychedelic drug developer Beckley Psytech in an all-share transaction subject to pre-agreed BPL-003 (mebufotenin benzoate) Phase IIb success criteria.
According to the companies, this strategic combination will create a global leader in psychedelic mental health therapies with a pipeline that includes potentially transformative, rapid-acting psychedelic assets differentiated by their convenient route of administration and short time-in-clinic.
The combined company will operate under the name atai Beckley, with a joint leadership team and board that combines deep psychedelic, drug development and CNS expertise within both organizations.
This article is accessible to registered users, to continue reading please register for free. A free trial will give you access to exclusive features, interviews, round-ups and commentary from the sharpest minds in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space for a week. If you are already a registered user please login. If your trial has come to an end, you can subscribe here.
Login to your accountTry before you buy
Free
7 day trial access
- All the news that moves the needle in pharma and biotech
- Exclusive features, podcasts, interviews, data analyses and commentary from our global network of life sciences reporters.
- Receive The Pharma Letter daily news bulletin, free forever.
Become a subscriber
£820
Or £77 per month
- Unfettered access to industry-leading news, commentary and analysis in pharma and biotech.
- Updates from clinical trials, conferences, M&A, licensing, financing, regulation, patents & legal, executive appointments, commercial strategy and financial results.
- Daily roundup of key events in pharma and biotech.
- Monthly in-depth briefings on Boardroom appointments and M&A news.
- Choose from a cost-effective annual package or a flexible monthly subscription
The Pharma Letter is an extremely useful and valuable Life Sciences service that brings together a daily update on performance people and products. It’s part of the key information for keeping me informed
Chairman, Sanofi Aventis UK
More on this story...
Today's issue
Company Spotlight
More Features in Pharmaceutical
Copyright © The Pharma Letter 2025 | Headless Content Management with Blaze