- Cybin has announced that their wholly-owned subsidiary, Adelia Theraputics, has achieved milestones for its pre-clinical trials.
Cybin Inc. (NEO:CYBN), a biotechnology company focused on psychedelic pharmaceutical therapies, is pleased to announce that Adelia Therapeutics Inc. (“Adelia”), a wholly-controlled subsidiary of Cybin, has achieved certain earn-out milestones for the period commencing January 1, 2021, as contemplated by the terms of a contribution agreement dated December 4, 2020 (the “Transaction Agreement”) among Cybin, Cybin Corp., Cybin US Holdings Inc. (the “Acquiror”), a wholly-controlled subsidiary of Cybin, and all of the previous shareholders of Adelia (the “Adelia Shareholders”).
Positive pre-clinical results achieved as part of various earn-out milestones determined that proprietary deuteration modifications in multiple lead new chemical entity candidates did not alter pharmacodynamic properties and did not alter safety as assessed in in-vitro toxicity tests as compared to non-deuterated analogs.
Management of Cybin believes that these initial results add value to Cybin’s pipeline of proprietary novel psychedelic compounds by demonstrating these molecules perform similarly to the naturally occurring molecules in certain important metrics. The development of these compounds differentiates Cybin from companies focused on naturally occurring psychedelic compounds.
Multiple pre-clinical observations across various proprietary deuterated psychedelic tryptamine molecules showed consistent positive results when compared to the parent molecule including:
- similar potency at target serotonin 2 receptors and monoamine transporters;
- analogous binding profile to off-targets in a lead profiling screen;
- no difference in an in-vivo assay of serotonin 2 receptor activation; and
- similar outcomes in in-vitro toxicity screens including kidney and liver cell viability, proarrhythmia core panel, Ames fluctuation test, bacterial cytotoxicity, a micronucleus panel, and cell viability.
The completion of these milestones has contributed to the advancement of Cybin’s portfolio of differentiated psychedelic-based therapeutics for a variety of mental health opportunities.
The Company’s current indications currently include major depressive disorder (CYB001), alcohol use disorder (CYB003) and anxiety disorders (CYB004). In addition, two programs in the research phase (CYB005 and CYB006) involved synthesis and testing of more than 50 novel compounds coupled with extensive in-vitro and in-vivo pharmacokinetic, receptor binding, behavioral and safety evaluations.
The core technologies of selective deuteration, novel formulations and proprietary delivery systems have been applied to many of these proprietary molecules, which are designed to improve the natural compounds on which they are based to potentially allow for simpler, more effective, scalable, cost-effective and easier access to treatments for both patients and therapists.
“These positive catalysts continue to provide the necessary data required to demonstrate that Cybin’s proprietary deuterated psychedelic molecules potentially carry the same pharmacodynamic properties, safety profiles, potency and receptor targeting as their parent molecules. While the profiles are similar to parent molecules, early research has shown that these proprietary molecules also carry certain characteristics that may lead them to potentially become commercially viable because of their improved stability, bioavailability, controlled psychedelic duration and overall enhanced chemical make-up,”
Doug Drysdale, Cybin’s CEO.
Pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, Class B common shares in the capital of the Acquiror (the “Class B Shares”) shall be issued to the Adelia Shareholders in satisfaction of the $457,537.54 (approximately US$372,115.28) due to them on meeting the relevant milestone. The Class B Shares issued by the Acquiror to the Adelia Shareholders are exchangeable for common shares in the capital of Cybin (the “Cybin Shares”) on a 10 Cybin Shares for 1 Class B Share basis, at the option of the holder thereof, subject to customary adjustments. No Class B Shares are exchangeable prior to the first anniversary of closing of the contribution transaction pursuant the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction”), which closed on December 14, 2020, and not more than: (i) 33 1/3% of the Class B Shares will be exchangeable prior to the second anniversary of the Transaction; (ii) 66 2/3% of the Class B Shares will be exchangeable prior to the third anniversary of the Transaction; and (iii) thereafter, 100% of the Class B Shares will be exchangeable.The Class B Shares issued to the Adelia Shareholders are exchangeable for Cybin Shares, at an effective issue price determined in accordance with the Transaction Agreement and applicable securities law.
Additional information related to the Transaction is available in the Transaction Agreement, which is filed under Cybin’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
About Cybin Inc.
Cybin is a leading biotechnology company focused on researching and progressing psychedelic therapeutics by utilizing proprietary drug discovery platforms, innovative drug delivery systems, novel formulation approaches and potential treatment regimens for psychiatric disorders.
About Adelia
Adelia is a wholly-controlled subsidiary of the Company, that aims to develop medicinal psychedelics with improved dosing efficacy and therapeutic indices to address unmet medical needs. Adelia’s primary focus is on the development of treatment regimens consisting of proprietary psychedelic molecules and related clinical protocols. This proprietary development strategy is based on chemical modifications to the known and well understood tryptamine derivatives that significantly modify their pharmacokinetic properties without changing their therapeutic potential. These proprietary approaches seek to minimize inter-patient variability by better controlling drug metabolism without loss of efficacy that together have been shown to produce more predictable and favorable patient outcomes.