NeuroRx, Inc., reported data for a newly purposed class of drugs targeted toward rapidly reducing symptoms of depression and suicidality in patients with bipolar disorder and maintaining that effect over time. The peer reviewed open label study of eight pa tients demonstrated a 50% and 75% re duction in symptoms of depression and suicidality, respectively, in patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression Although the use of ketamine for rapid reversal of depression is known, its eff fect is short-lived. This is the first clini cal report showing that the ketamine effect can potentially be sustained for months with additional agents NeuroRx, is pioneering a treatment approach in which ketamine administration is followed combination of D-cycloserine and a Food and Drug Administration-approved mood stabilizer maintain the ketamine effect.