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ARPA-H awards up to USD 4.9m to establish ibogaine clinical trial framework for PTSD

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13 November 2026

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Fusion42 · 13 November 2026 · Fusion42 review

The US Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has awarded up to USD 4.9 million to fund the establishment of a clinical trial framework for ibogaine to treat serious mental illnesses such as PTSD, aiming to support Investigational New Drug Applications to the FDA and enable the first US clinical trials for psychiatric indications of ibogaine.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Biotech.

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New regulatory pathways for ibogaine trials open the US market for psychoactive therapies targeting PTSD. You can now plan for faster entry if your biotech venture focuses on mental health treatments with complex safety profiles.

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