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Psyence BioMed Announces Exercise of Put Option by PsyLabs and Strategic Equity Investment
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Psyence Biomedical Ltd. (Nasdaq: PBM) (“Psyence BioMed” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company advancing nature-derived psilocybin and ibogaine therapies for unmet mental health needs, today announced that Psyence Labs Ltd., a leading developer and manufacturer of pharmaceutical-grade psychedelic compounds ("PsyLabs") has exercised its rights under a previously disclosed put option agreement (the "Put Option Agreement"), pursuant to which Psyen
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