TERRAN BIOSCIENCES, INC.


Associated tags: CNS, Patient, Therapy, Pharmaceutical industry, Terran, Brain, Neuropsychiatry, Depression, Patent, PCT

Locations: NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, NORTH AMERICA, US

Terran Biosciences Receives FDA Clearance for NM-101, the industry’s first software for the analysis of neuromelanin-sensitive MRI

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Terran Biosciences, Inc. ("Terran"), a biotech platform company developing therapeutics and technologies for patients with neuropsychiatric illnesses, has received FDA clearance to market NM-101, a cloud-based software platform to analyze neuromelanin-sensitive MRI scans.

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  • Terran Biosciences, Inc. ("Terran"), a biotech platform company developing therapeutics and technologies for patients with neuropsychiatric illnesses, has received FDA clearance to market NM-101, a cloud-based software platform to analyze neuromelanin-sensitive MRI scans.
  • Currently, there is no other FDA-cleared software indicated for the analysis of neuromelanin MRI on the market, making Terran’s technology the world’s first.
  • NM-101 is a cloud-based analysis platform that is able to seamlessly integrate into existing workflows at hospitals and imaging centers.
  • NM-101 contains algorithms that enabled for the first time the fully automated analysis and the cross-scanner harmonization of neuromelanin MRI scans [8-10,12,13].

Terran Biosciences Receives Notice of Allowance for Four US Patents Including for the World’s First New Salts and Polymorphs of Psilocybin, potentially enabling future 505(b)(2) pathway

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Two of these patents cover the world’s first new forms of psilocybin (psilocybin HCl and psilocybin edisylate) and their method of use in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, including depression.

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  • Two of these patents cover the world’s first new forms of psilocybin (psilocybin HCl and psilocybin edisylate) and their method of use in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, including depression.
  • The clinical trials of psilocybin to date have been limited to using the older forms of zwitterionic psilocybin described in the historical literature.
  • Terran plans to use its new forms of psilocybin to pursue a rapid 505(b)(2) FDA approval pathway if one of the existing forms of psilocybin currently in clinical trials is approved.
  • Terran believes this new discovery may be the most stable form of tabernanthalog monofumarate.

Terran Biosciences announces exclusive licensing deal with Pierre Fabre for idazoxan; Terran completes key development milestones

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Friday, June 2, 2023

The deal features the novel lead compound idazoxan, a selective alpha 2 receptor antagonist, along with a portfolio of other compounds with a similar mechanism of action.

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  • The deal features the novel lead compound idazoxan, a selective alpha 2 receptor antagonist, along with a portfolio of other compounds with a similar mechanism of action.
  • Idazoxan has been tested in multiple phase 3 clinical studies and has been dosed in over 1,000 patients across a variety of neuropsychiatric indications.
  • Dr. Sam Clark, Terran's founder and CEO remarked, "We are thrilled to partner with the team at Pierre Fabre and to push forward with the development of idazoxan and this pipeline of CNS compounds.
  • Given the strength of the human data to date, we believe idazoxan XR has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders."

Terran Biosciences announces new breakthroughs in the chemistry of MDMA and its enantiomers and analogs, discovers new salts and polymorphs, publishes PCT application.

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Friday, May 26, 2023

MDMA is the most studied empathogen to date and has been shown to be an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in multiple phase 3 trials.

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  • MDMA is the most studied empathogen to date and has been shown to be an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in multiple phase 3 trials.
  • Historically, MDMA has only been developed as a single salt and the crystal structures of its enantiomers had not been characterized.
  • As previously reported, Terran found that the S enantiomer of MDEA had significant advantages over the (R)-MDEA in preclinical models.
  • Terran is also developing the S enantiomer of MBDB which was shown to have significant advantages over (R)-MBDB in preclinical models.

Terran Biosciences discovers what may be the first new salts, co-crystals, and polymorphs of psilocybin in history, publishes PCT patent application, and files psilocybin Drug Master File (DMF) with FDA

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Friday, May 19, 2023

Psilocybin is one of the main active compounds in psychedelic mushrooms and has been used by humans for thousands of years.

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  • Psilocybin is one of the main active compounds in psychedelic mushrooms and has been used by humans for thousands of years.
  • Recent clinical studies suggest psilocybin is efficacious in treating depression.
  • According to the literature, there are three main polymorphic forms of zwitterionic psilocybin: form A, form B, and form A' (A-Prime).
  • Terran also replicated this comprehensive set of studies with the psilocin prodrug O-acetylpsilocin, resulting in additional novel salts and polymorphs of that compound as well.

Terran Biosciences announces publication of four PCT patent applications covering breakthroughs in novel empathogens, including improved versions of methylone, ethylone, MDEA, MDAI, and MBDB

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

The discoveries include novel deuterated forms, enantiomerically pure forms, as well as novel salts, polymorphs, and co-crystals of racemic methylone, R-methylone and S-methylone.

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  • The discoveries include novel deuterated forms, enantiomerically pure forms, as well as novel salts, polymorphs, and co-crystals of racemic methylone, R-methylone and S-methylone.
  • Terran believes that therapeutic options for patients should be equally diverse, with unique psychedelics and empathogens tailored to specific patient needs.
  • Terran completed what is believed to be the first comprehensive salt and polymorph screen performed to date on this compound.
  • Terran completed additional improvements including the synthesis of deuterated forms of racemic methylone, R-methylone, and S-methylone with improved pharmacokinetics.

Terran Biosciences announces publication of PCT patent application covering novel orally active forms of psilocin with improved pharmacokinetic properties

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Friday, February 24, 2023

NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has announced the publication of a PCT patent application covering novel prodrugs of psilocin.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has announced the publication of a PCT patent application covering novel prodrugs of psilocin.
  • Psilocin and psilocybin are both active compounds in psychedelic mushrooms, and psilocybin is the most well-studied prodrug of psilocin.
  • Terran has designed novel, faster-acting prodrugs of psilocin that demonstrate a shorter duration of activity compared to psilocybin in animal studies.
  • With new data from animal models published in this PCT patent application, Terran believes these prodrugs may represent the most comprehensive examples of improved prodrugs of psilocin compared to psilocybin.

Terran Biosciences announces publication of PCT patent applications covering orally active forms of DMT and 5-MeO-DMT and long-acting MDMA

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Friday, February 3, 2023

NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has announced the publication of PCT patent applications covering novel prodrugs of DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and MDMA.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has announced the publication of PCT patent applications covering novel prodrugs of DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and MDMA.
  • These applications highlight new data from animal studies demonstrating that DMT and 5-MeO-DMT can be made orally active through Terran's proprietary prodrug approach.
  • With this new data from animal models, Terran believes these prodrugs may represent the first known examples of orally active forms of DMT and 5-MeO-DMT.
  • Terran's MDMA approach is described in detail in the PCT patent application: "3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and related psychedelics and uses thereof" (WO/2023/283373).

Terran Biosciences announces licensing deal with Sanofi for two late-stage CNS pipeline assets

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences, Inc. ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has entered into an agreement with Sanofi S.A. ("Sanofi") for worldwide exclusive rights to develop and commercialize two late-stage CNS pipeline assets.

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  • NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences, Inc. ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has entered into an agreement with Sanofi S.A. ("Sanofi") for worldwide exclusive rights to develop and commercialize two late-stage CNS pipeline assets.
  • These therapeutics generated 4 Investigational New Drug(IND) applicationsand over 104 clinical studies involving more than 15,000 subjects across a number of CNS indications.
  • Terran plans to quickly advance the development of these assets for neurological and psychiatric indications, which include several novel applications where there is a large unmet medical need.
  • Terran is a biotech platform company developing a portfolio of therapeutics and technologies for patients with neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Terran Biosciences announces licensing deal with Sanofi for two late-stage CNS pipeline assets

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences, Inc. ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has entered into an agreement with Sanofi S.A. ("Sanofi") for worldwide exclusive rights to develop and commercialize two late-stage CNS pipeline assets.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terran Biosciences, Inc. ("Terran"), a biotech platform company dedicated to the development of transformational therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases, has entered into an agreement with Sanofi S.A. ("Sanofi") for worldwide exclusive rights to develop and commercialize two late-stage CNS pipeline assets.
  • These therapeutics generated 4 Investigational New Drug(IND) applicationsand over 104 clinical studies involving more than 15,000 subjects across a number of CNS indications.
  • Terran plans to quickly advance the development of these assets for neurological and psychiatric indications, which include several novel applications where there is a large unmet medical need.
  • Terran is a biotech platform company developing a portfolio of therapeutics and technologies for patients with neurological and psychiatric diseases.