About

Founded to do what chemistry can't.

We started Natural MedTech in 2021 with the goal of using biosynthesis to manufacture better quality medicines that chemistry struggles to make.

Capabilities and credentials

A cGMP manufacturer, in the facts.

  • Australian biosynthesis pharmaceutical manufacturer, founded 2021.
  • cGMP manufacturer holding both Schedule 8 and Schedule 9 licences.
  • The only psilocybin and MDMA active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer in Australia.
  • Supplies both active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and finished dose forms.
  • Has supplied 10+ Phase 2 (or later) clinical trials, in Australia and globally.
  • TGO 112 and TGO 113 compliant.
  • Sustainable process: no petrochemicals, no harsh industrial solvents, no plastic waste.
  • Holds finished inventory on hand.
For professional audiences.These facts are provided for prescribers, clinical-trial sponsors and investigators, researchers, and commercial partners. They are not an offer to supply to the public and make no therapeutic claims.
What we believe

What we stand for.

Quality is everything.

Medicine is not a general-purpose product. The standards are set for a reason. We meet them, every time.

Local beats imported.

Critical medicines should be made locally under one quality system, and patients should not be reliant on fragile global supply chains.

Patients come first.

Every decision — what we make and how we make it — starts by understanding the people in need of the medicine.

Team

Pharmaceutical, regulatory, and commerical leadership.

Executive
Luke McFarlane
Luke McFarlane
CEO & Co-founderin
Seventeen years across investment management and corporate finance.
Mark Hestermann
Mark Hestermann
COO & Co-founderin
Twelve years as an ethnobotanical and anthropological researcher.
Karin Hauser
Karin Hauser
Head of Market Accessin
Twenty years across Eli Lilly, Amgen, and Australian healthcare.
Board of Directors
Doug Drysdale
Doug Drysdale
Chairin
Thirty-five years in pharmaceuticals. Previously founded Alvogen and led Cybin.
John Skerritt
John Skerritt
Directorin
Forty years in pharmaceutical regulation and former head of Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Mark Riccio
Mark Riccio
Director & Co-founderin
Twenty years in private equity, investment banking, and finance.
Mario Gattino
Mario Gattino
Directorin
Twenty years at Pfizer, including CEO of Central-Eastern Europe and COO of Northern Europe.