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MagicMed has entered into a Research Contract and Facilities Use Agreement with the University of Calgary.
The company intends to utilise the scientific and laboratory support that these agreements provide to accelerate the development of its psychedelic derivatives patent library: the Psybrary™.
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CALGARY, AB, Oct. 30, 2020 – MagicMed Industries Inc. (“MagicMed” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Research Contract and a Facilities Use Agreement (“The Agreements”) with the University of Calgary. The Agreements provide MagicMed with further scientific and laboratory support to accelerate development of its psychedelic derivatives patent library, the Psybrary™.
“The University of Calgary is excited to partner with MagicMed, an innovative company pursuing psychedelics research,” says Associate Vice-President (Research – Innovation), Dr. Steve Larter. “Partnerships like this combine frontline discovery with providing real solutions to society and create opportunities for our researchers and students to help bring cutting-edge knowledge to market.”
“The additional resources that the University of Calgary is providing to MagicMed compliment and enhance our strengths,” says Dr. Joseph Tucker, CEO MagicMed. “This collaboration places MagicMed in a position to expand the breadth and depth of the psychedelic derivatives contained in the MagicMed Psybrary™.”
Through the Agreements, MagicMed will be able to leverage new state of the art equipment and laboratory space at the University of Calgary, as well as draw upon its world-class expertise. Laboratory and resource costs of the MagicMed Psybrary™expansion will be efficiently allocated while development progress will be expedited.
About the University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a global intellectual hub located in Canada’s most enterprising city. In our spirited, high-quality learning environment, students thrive in programs made rich by research, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial thinking. Our strategy drives us to be recognized as one of Canada’s top five research universities, engaging the communities we both serve and lead. This strategy is called Eyes High, inspired by the university’s Gaelic motto, which translates as ‘I will lift up my eyes.’ For more information, visit ucalgary.ca/eyeshigh.
About MagicMed
MagicMed Industries intends to partner with pharmaceutical and other companies to develop psychedelic-derived medicinal and licit consumer goods products. MagicMed’s molecular derivatives library, the Psybrary™ is anticipated to be an essential building block from which industry can develop new patented products. The initial focus of the Psybrary™ is on psilocybin, which is expected to be opportunistically expanded to other psychedelics like MDMA, ketamine, ibogaine, mescaline, and ayahuasca. For more information, please visit our website at www.magicmedindustries.com @MagicMedInd.
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