Press Release
NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Psyence Biomedical Ltd. (Nasdaq: PBM) (“Psyence Biomed” or the “Company”) today announced that it will work closely with Albert P. Garcia-Romeu, Ph.D., to chair and develop its newly created Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
Dr. Garcia-Romeu is a leading psychedelics researcher currently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research and the Susan Hill Ward Professor in Psychedelics and Consciousness. He is a highly sought after speaker on the therapeutic potential of psilocybin, with a particular emphasis on substance use disorder, and has been extensively published. Dr. Garcia-Romeu has also served as co-investigator and co-primary investigator for numerous psilocybin clinical trials.
“With the imminent randomization of the first patient into our Pallicybin Phase IIb clinical trial of psilocybin as a potential treatment for Adjustment Disorder in Palliative Care, we welcome Dr. Garcia-Romeu, who brings invaluable expertise to our SAB as both a psilocybin researcher and clinical trial investigator,” stated Dr. Neil Maresky, M.B.,B.Ch., Chief Executive Officer of Psyence Biomed. “We will rely heavily on Dr. Garcia-Romeu’s experience as we design the optimal Phase III program in Adjustment Disorder while in parallel advancing preparations for our second development indication in Alcohol Use Disorder.”
The Company will continue to recruit additional members for its SAB, which also includes Dr. Clive Ward Able, Medical Director of Psyence Biomedical, and Dr. Seth Feuerstein, Department of Psychiatry at Yale University.
“I am excited to join Psyence Biomed’s Scientific Advisory Board as the company works to introduce a new class of psychedelic-based therapeutics to treat a range of conditions in mental health and addiction,” stated Dr. Garcia-Romeu. “The two indications that PBM are developing are both areas that have not had much attention paid to them by the pharmaceutical industry and psychedelics have already shown promise in treating both conditions.”
