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A Win for Science, with Profound Implications for Industry: FDA Rejects MDMA

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Perhaps because MDMA-assisted therapy isn’t a simple drug to be prescribed by psychiatrists. Moreover, Lykos is a small company bringing it to market, one that emerged out of a psychedelic research nonprofit (MAPS). And since SSRIs are prescribed for PTSD, this would be a treatment competing with pharmaceutical giants.