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SciSparc-Clearmind Collaboration Leads to Publication of European Patent for Psychedelic-Based Combination Therapy for Cocaine Addiction
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SciSparc Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPRC) ("Company" or "SciSparc"), a specialty clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of therapies to treat disorders and rare diseases of the central nervous system, announced today that its collaboration with Clearmind Medicine Inc. (Nasdaq: CMND) (“Clearmind”) has led to the publication of a European patent application by the European Patent Office. The patent application relates to a combinatio
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