Podcast: Turning That Frown Upside Down – Treating Depression With Facial Botox Injections

In this episode of the In Vivo podcast, Eric Finzi, CEO of Healis Therapeutics, discusses how his company is targeting major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses using facial botox injections.  

Healis Therapeutics is a single-asset biotech with a candidate that CEO Eric Finzi believes can treat a range of mental illnesses. The asset, botulinum toxin A, or BoNT/A, is not patented, but the company has several methods of use patents for a range of illnesses. Finzi explains how facial injections of BoNT/A can treat major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions by preventing frowning and targeting the amygdala. 

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