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See: Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Pharmaceutica esketamine patent. [0]

The FDA just approved the use of the drug, [1] which is basically a ketamine molecule cut in half (ketamine is a racemic molecule), [2] and J&J is selling it for HUNDREDS of dollars per treatment, while regular Ketalar brand ketamine is damn-near as cheap as saline.

[0] https://patents.justia.com/patent/20140093592

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/05/7005099...

[2] Arketamine (R(-) - isomer) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ar... Esketamine (S(+) - isomer) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Es...



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