Expertise Partners
Ulysses Neuroscience
At Ulysses Neuroscience, we stand at the forefront of innovation as your vanguard CRO and translational partner, dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of brain disorders. We are committed to accelerating drug discovery programmes of pharmaceutical companies in psychedelics and neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative, and rare neurodevelopmental disorders by offering cutting-edge clinical and preclinical research services located at Cherrywood Business Park and Trinity College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.
Our research platforms include therapeutic interventions, access to rare diseased populations, extensive clinical and preclinical molecular biomarker capabilities, in vitro human iPSC rodent and rodent assays, preclinical pharmacological and transgenic rodent models coupled with behavioural and EEG analyses. Guided by our core values of patient-centricity, social responsibility, and a focus on translational research, we are your trusted ally in transforming scientific breakthroughs into tangible treatments.
Transpharmation
Transpharmation is a contract research organization led by scientists. Recognized by drug developers worldwide for researching and delivering life-changing medicines, science will always remain our passion. We specialize in cross-species and cross-therapeutic areas in translational pharmacology with AAALAC accreditation.
Our breadth of neuroscience expertise means clients are able to benchmark their compounds against clinical gold standards in well validated behavioural and molecular assays and includes PK & non-GLP safety, Pain, Epilepsy, Depression & Anxiety, EEG, Aging, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Biomarkers, Cognitive Disorders and more.
Panel Partner
Beacon Biosignals
Beacon Biosignals is the leading precision medicine platform for collecting, integrating, and analyzing EEG data throughout the full phase 1-4 development lifecycle of pharmacotherapies. Our FDA 510(k)-cleared, at-home EEG headband delivers PSG-quality sleep staging, and our advanced AI and machine learning algorithms enable clinical development teams to measure treatment effects, assess pharmacodynamics, and stratify patients using brain physiology. Beacon Biosignals is transforming the way that precision therapies are developed for psychiatric, neurological, and sleep disorders.
Program Partner
CHDR: Center for Human Drug Research
The Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) is an independent institute that specialises in cutting-edge early-stage clinical drug research. Combining innovative methods and technologies, state-of-the-art facilities, and talented, motivated researchers helps CHDR maximise their clients’ success. In addition, CHDR places the highest priority on their subjects’ comfort and safety, and they play an active role in helping educate the medical and clinical research communities.
Negev Labs
Negev Labs is a venture studio advancing novel neuropsychiatric therapeutics with speed and discipline. Focused on overlooked compounds with human data, Negev Labs rapidly develops and de-risks drug candidates for pharma licensing. The studio’s first two companies—Ariadne Bio and Athena Neurosciences—target high-value CNS indications including Parkinson’s apathy and aggression in Prader-Willi syndrome. Founded by experienced biotech operators, Negev Labs aligns scientific focus with commercial outcomes to accelerate time to impact and exit.
Innovation Partners
Eurofins
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing (BPT) delivers a broad range of harmonized methodologies under GMP authorization and certification. We offer R&D services for method development of analytical methods suitable for GMP Chemistry and Microbiology testing and certification of raw materials and finished products. Our 30,000 ft2 laboratory is equipped with state of the art analytical instrumentation and includes a sterility suite, a wide array of stability chambers as well as an extensive controlled drug substance license and narcotics vault.
Inscopix
Inscopix, a Bruker company, is enabling breakthrough neuroscience discoveries and next-generation therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders. The Inscopix solution combines in vivo brain imaging and behavior to provide a deep understanding of how candidate therapies engage disease-relevant circuits, informing decisively on questions critical to a successful preclinical program. The Inscopix Discovery Lab conducts fee-for-service contract research in support of preclinical programs in neuropsychiatry, offering several standardized assays as well as custom studies.
Exhibition Partners
Biotrial
Biotrial is a scientifically oriented clinical research organization with 35+ years of experience managing preclinical and clinical CNS studies. The company is comprised of a global team of 350+ employees and physical locations in the US, EU, UK, and Canada. Fully in-house, Biotrial offers In-vivo safety & pharmacology, patient clinical trials support and phase I facilities, as well as core lab, biometrics, and bioanalytical services for biotech and pharma companies. Biotrial expertise in CNS biomarkers -- EEG & qEEG assessments, ERP, PSG, sleep studies, video-oculography, and various cognitive tests is especially strong.
Benuvia
Benuvia is a U.S. based global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) based in Round Rock, just north of Austin, Texas. Benuvia provides small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients (API’s) drug supply and drug products from preclinical to commercial scale. Benuvia specializes in Schedule I-V controlled substances, with extensive experience in cannabinoids and psychedelics. Benuvia is FDA, DEA and ANVISA registered and GMP certified.
Sama Therapeutics
Sama Therapeutics is a precision neuropsychiatry AI/ML platform that synthesizes and validates predictive biomarkers grounded in neural, physiological, multi-omics, natural language, and behavioral phenotypes. The company’s agile SaaS platform, iMAGiNE™, analyzes the transdiagnostic efficacy of pharmaceutical and neurostimulation modalities through precision clinical trials, causal inference, preclinical translation, and generative AI trained on proprietary and open-science datasets. With an extraordinarily interdisciplinary team, Sama Therapeutics is advancing “software as medical device” for a range of indications, including cognitive, affective, interoceptive, and substance use disorders. We
invite partners to join our mission unlocking brain health through integrative neurotechnology and proven “transprognostic” algorithms.
Event Partners
SynapCell
SynapCell is a leader in preclinical efficacy testing in CNS disorders, supporting international
biopharmaceutical companies in identifying their most promising candidates. The translational, objective EEG endpoints we have characterize in translational animal models in vivo have enabled our clients to unlock the true potential of their drugs. Our areas of expertise span from epilepsy to neuropsychiatry and movement disorders. We strongly believe that regular back-and-forth interactions with Sponsor throughout the project is the key to make the most out of an experiment and deliver clear, comprehensive information to help our clients decide on a GO/NO GO decision towards the clinic.
Purisys
Purisys is a leader in small volume custom synthesis and specializes in controlled substance manufacturing. Purisys is a commercially FDA inspected facility that provides our CDMO customers with a unique blend of development, clinical manufacturing, commercialization, logistical and regulatory experience. With decades of experience in both process and analytical method development, Purisys is able to quickly, efficiently and reliably progress programs from pre-IND into early clinical and beyond.