Awakn Life Sciences Corp C.AWKN

Alternate Symbol(s): AWKNF

Healthcare Biotechnology

Awakn Life Sciences Corp. is a Canada-based clinical-stage biotechnology company. The Company is developing therapeutics for substance use and mental health disorders, with a near-term focus on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). The Company's therapeutics are focused on the brain circuits that drive addiction, multiple receptors rather than the traditional single drug receptor targets. The Company operates through three segments: development, delivery and corporate. The development segment, which focuses on researching and developing psychedelic drugs and therapies, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy to treat substance and behavioral addictions. The delivery segment, which includes a chain of medical psychedelic clinics across Europe and through licensing partners. The Company operates in Ireland and Canada. The Company’s development pipeline includes AWKN-001, AWKN-002 and MDMA.