Sandoz is recalling 13 lots of the pain relief drug Orphenadrine Citrate in 100 mg extended release tablets after testing found the carcinogen nitrosamine and the lots might have too much of it ...

LSD was initially synthesized from ergot in 1938 by Dr. Arthur Stoll, Sandoz’s director (and Hofmann’s boss). The junior researcher stumbled upon it while looking for a drug that could treat ...

A new study shows that LSD is highly effective at treating generalized anxiety disorder for up to 12 weeks with just a single dose. And it is fast-acting.

Hofmann at the time worked for Sandoz in Basel, investigating the medicinal properties of alkaloids in rye ergot, a common fungus. LSD-25, as it became known, was marketed as a psychiatric drug under ...

For a time, Sandoz sold LSD 25 under the name Delysid, encouraging doctors to try it themselves. It was one of the strongest drugs in medicine — with just one gram enough to drug an estimated ...

A phase 3 trial is still needed. However, if a single dose of LSD does work for 12 weeks, then this is truly remarkable. We could be on the verge of a new era of treatments for mental health problems.