Tactogen

Tactogen
Company typePublic benefit corporation
IndustryPharmaceutical; Psychedelic medicine
Founded2020 (2020) in Palo Alto, United States
FounderMatthew J. Baggott; Luke Pustejovsky
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Websitetactogen.com

Tactogen is a public benefit corporation and start-up pharmaceutical company based in Palo Alto, California that is developing novel MDMA-like entactogens and psychedelics as medicines. Its stated goal is to develop new MDMA-like drugs with improved effectiveness, tolerability, and safety, as well as gentleness and accessibility, for treatment of psychiatric disorders and other conditions. Tactogen was co-founded by neuroscientist Matthew J. Baggott and Luke Pustejovsky in 2020. Baggott is the chief executive officer (CEO) while Pustejovsky is the chief operating officer (COO).