Dalriada Drug Discovery to Collaborate with atai Life Sciences' New Platform Company to Discover Next-Generation Therapies for Mental Health - Seite 2

Dalriada's Chief Scientific Officer, Prof. Patrick Gunning commented: "There is a significant opportunity to deliver enhanced small molecule therapies building on the existing and emerging knowledge of psychedelics' mechanism of action. Our work with Invyxis will add proven and innovative biological and medicinal chemistry capabilities to grow atai's portfolio of NCEs. We look forward to innovating with this global leader in psychedelic therapeutics to deliver much needed and improved treatments for mental health."

atai Life Sciences Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Florian Brand commented: "We are delighted to be collaborating with Dalriada as we launch Invyxis. Dalriada brings exceptional expertise in NCE discovery that complements atai's existing drug discovery and clinical development capabilities. Invixys will enable us to further build out our pipeline and bring forward revolutionary new treatments to mental health patients in need."

About Dalriada

Dalriada is a leading Canadian contract research organization specialized in small molecule therapies. Purposely built as an agile, co-located and uniquely integrated drug discovery partner, Dalriada accelerates the discovery and development journey of high value new small molecule therapeutics from concept to IND. Our partners have access to and support from a team of more than 60 drug discovery scientists (>70% PhD) specialized across all aspects of medicinal & computational chemistry, cell & molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry, ADME and proteomics. Our unique Turn-Key operational model offers the global biotechnology industry a full suite of drug discovery, preclinical development, intellectual property, and business expertise to manage and execute tailored R&D programs. 

To date, Dalriada has supported integrated programs of public and venture capital-backed companies including Antibe Therapeutics, Janpix now a Centessa Company, OxcannTech, and Dunad Therapeutics.  Dalriada's work contributed to Dunad's significant partnership with Novartis.

About atai Life Sciences

atai is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to transform the treatment of mental health disorders. atai was founded in 2018 as a response to the significant unmet need and lack of innovation in the mental health treatment landscape. atai is dedicated to acquiring, incubating and efficiently developing innovative therapeutics to treat depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health disorders.

atai's business model combines funding, technology, scientific and regulatory expertise with a focus on psychedelic therapy and other drugs with differentiated safety profiles and therapeutic potential. By pooling resources and best practices, atai aims to responsibly accelerate the development of new medicines across its companies, seeking to effectively treat and ultimately heal mental health disorders.

atai's vision is to heal mental health disorders so that everyone, everywhere can live a more fulfilled life. atai has offices in New York, London, and Berlin. For more information, please visit www.atai.life.

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