Lykos Therapeutics

Lykos Therapeutics
Company typePublic benefit corporation
IndustryPharmaceutical; Psychedelic medicine
Founded2014 (2014)
Websitelykospbc.com

Lykos Therapeutics, formerly known as the MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC), is a public benefit corporation (PBC) developing MDMA ("ecstasy") for potential medicinal use. It was founded and is considerably owned by the non-profit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS PBC was founded in 2014 and was renamed to Lykos Therapeutics in January 2024.