Research journey

Psilocybin: 332 trials, 758 papers, one canvas

Isolated in 1958, banned in 1970, restarted in 2001. Sixty-eight years, 332 trials and three pivotal programmes later, the field is still waiting for its first approval. Every landmark, deal and collapse on one canvas.

Milestones are curated from the Blossom research database. Registry completion dates are shown as planned; probability-weighted forecasts are part of Blossom Enterprise.

Psilocybin

The long return: a research journey

PsilocybinThe long return: a research journey332 trials · 758 papers · 1958 to 202944 years, compressedtoday1958Hofmann isolates psilocybinScience · Sandoz1970-10US Schedule ICapital2001-11First modern patient trialAcademic · University of Arizona2006-07Griffiths publishes the mysti…Science · Johns Hopkins University2016-11Two randomised cancer trials …Academic · Journal of Psychopharmacology2020-11Oregon votes for supervised p…Capital2021-04Psilocybin fails to beat esci…Academic · New England Journal of Medicine2022-11COMP360 Phase 2b publishes in…COMP360 · New England Journal of Medicine2022-11The first psilocybin Phase 3COMP360 · COMPASS Pathways2025-10AbbVie acquires the bretisilo…Capital · AbbVie2026-10APPROACH topline expectedHLP003 · Helus PharmaIsolated in 1958, banned in 1970, restarted in 2001.moreblossom.com · July 2026