Developer · ATAI · United States
Atai Beckley N.V. (AtaiBeckley)
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing rapid-acting, convenient mental health treatments, including psychedelic and related CNS therapies for treatment-resistant depression and other psychiatric conditions. Formed in November 2025 through the strategic combination of atai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech; redomiciled to Delaware (USA) in December 2025.
1compound
1program
1indication
Phase 2lead asset
Pipeline (1)
- Treatment-resistant depressionPhase 2Recruiting
Deals & partnerships
- VLS-01Partner Beckley Psytech Limited
- Nov 5, 2025Acquisitionatai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech complete strategic combination to form AtaiBeckleyAll-share combination (announced June 2025; valued at ~$390M) in which atai Life Sciences acquired Beckley Psytech Limited, closing November 5, 2025 to create AtaiBeckley. Beckley shareholders received ~105 million new shares (~28-31% of the combined company); the deal was conditioned on positive Phase 2b BPL-003 topline data and included a concurrent ~$30M private placement (Ferring Ventures, Adage Capital). atai's internal pipeline, including VLS-01, carried into the combined company.
Recent activity
- Dec 30, 2024Phase changeVLS-01·Treatment-resistant depressionPhase 2Phase 2 Elumina trial (NCT06524830) for TRD started; first patient dosed March 2025.source ↗
- Aug 13, 2024Phase changeVLS-01·Treatment-resistant depressionPhase 1Positive Phase 1b results for VLS-01 buccal film DMT (effects resolved within 90-120 min).source ↗
Trials recruiting · 1 recruiting of 1 sponsored
- Phase 2VLS-01
Phase 2 Trial of VLS-01 Buccal Film in Treatment Resistant Depression (ELUMINA)
Competitive landscape
Other companies developing against Atai Beckley N.V. (AtaiBeckley)'s targets or indications.
- Beckley Psytech Limited2 compounds5-HT2ATreatment-resistant depression
- COMPASS Pathways plc1 compound5-HT2ATreatment-resistant depression
- GH Research PLC1 compound5-HT2ATreatment-resistant depression
- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.1 compound5-HT2A
- Alto Neuroscience, Inc.1 compoundTreatment-resistant depression
- Definium Therapeutics, Inc.1 compound5-HT2A
- Delix Therapeutics, Inc.1 compound5-HT2A
- Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 compound5-HT2A
- Helus Pharma2 compounds5-HT2A
- Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.2 compounds5-HT2A
- Merck & Co., Inc.1 compoundTreatment-resistant depression
- Mindset Pharma Inc.1 compound5-HT2A