Signals
8Autism spectrum disorder pharmacotherapy options widen past irritability indications
Risperidone and aripiprazole maturity for ASD-associated irritability, emerging mechanism-targeted programs for core symptoms, and integrated multidisciplinary care models are reshaping ASD pharmacotherapy.
Cannabis use disorder pharmacotherapy programs reach late-stage trials
Late-stage cannabis use disorder pharmacotherapy programs and integrated behavioural-and-pharmacological care models are emerging in a previously bare category.
Tobacco use disorder pharmacotherapy widens past nicotine replacement and varenicline
Cytisine availability, novel nicotine receptor pharmacotherapy, and integrated behavioural-and-pharmacological care delivery are reshaping tobacco use disorder management.
Dementia behavioural symptoms acquire approved pharmacotherapy
Brexpiprazole approval for agitation in Alzheimer's dementia and follow-on programs are reshaping dementia behavioural symptom management.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder modern options mature
Deep brain stimulation maturity, novel glutamate-modulator programs, and refined transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols are reshaping refractory OCD management.
OCD and intractable-condition options widen
Deep brain stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and emerging psychedelic-assisted therapy are all reaching into refractory OCD.
Schizophrenia pipeline shifts from D2 to muscarinic mechanisms
The schizophrenia therapeutic pipeline is shifting from the dopamine D2 receptor mechanism that has defined antipsychotic therapy for fifty years toward muscarinic receptor mechanisms with substantively different efficacy and tolerability profiles. The implications for the schizophrenia commercial category are material.
Psychedelic-assisted therapy: clinical pipeline progress, regulatory caution
MDMA- and psilocybin-based therapies have advanced through late-stage trials, but the FDA's measured response - and the system requirements those therapies impose on delivery - mean rollout will be slower and more constrained than mechanism enthusiasm suggested.
Snapshots
2Bipolar disorder treatment landscape, 2026 mid-year reference
Reference layout of the bipolar disorder treatment landscape as of mid-2026: mood stabilisers, atypical antipsychotics, antidepressant adjuncts, the depression-versus-mania-versus-maintenance prescribing logic, and the live commercial questions across the pipeline.
Treatment-resistant depression pipeline, 2026 mid-year reference
Reference layout of the treatment-resistant depression pipeline as of mid-2026: approved mechanisms, late-stage assets, the psychedelic and ketamine-class programs, novel non-monoamine mechanisms, and the live commercial questions across the pipeline.