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Understanding Breakthroughs: What is the Breakthrough Drug for Anxiety?

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In recent decades, significant innovation in anxiety treatment has been limited, with the last major indication approval for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) occurring almost two decades ago. Now, however, the landscape is changing, bringing new hope as researchers and drug developers actively pursue what is the breakthrough drug for anxiety. The most prominent new candidate is MM-120, a psychoactive compound derived from LSD, which has received FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for GAD.