First came the rejection, and then came the retractions. On Friday, in a decision that would have been stunning just six months ago, the Food and Drug Administration decided against approving ...

Many people have interpreted as a setback the “no” vote by an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration on Lykos Therapeutics’ new drug application for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for ...

My life was forever changed on August 6, 2011, when insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter in Afghanistan, killing all 31 people on board. My husband served in the Navy for 20 years, ...

Last month, the first psychedelic therapy treatment came before the Food and Drug Administration for a vote. It entailed using MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly, to treat PTSD. MDMA therapy has ...

Untreated mental health concerns remain devastating for our nation, and there is an ongoing need for expanded options and access. In the past few years, there has been a resurgence in interest in ...

When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) last year, the details of its objections were not ...

Efforts to make MDMA legally available as a psychotherapeutic catalyst hit a daunting roadblock on Tuesday when an expert panel overwhelmingly voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration ...

Travis Dove for The Washington Post via Getty Images / The Washington Post The psychedelic drug MDMA, which has been studied as a possible mental health treatment, may finally get a chance to enter ...

The field of psychedelic research has been gaining traction, with significant interest in substances like MDMA and psilocybin for their therapeutic potential. Recently, however, the FDA advisory panel ...

This article was updated at 535p ET with results of the second vote. A panel of advisors to the U.S. FDA declined to endorse Lykos Therapeutics' application to market psychedelic drug MDMA, also known ...

To move the drugs forward, manufacturers may need to follow the agency’s advice for elevating the quality of evidence. By Joshua Cohen / Undark Published Aug 5, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...

The psychedelic drug MDMA, which has been studied as a possible mental health treatment, may finally get a chance to enter mainstream health care. Tuesday, scientific advisors to the Food and Drug ...