# The Pentagon wants ketamine wafers as a battlefield medicine option

- Source: Defense News
- Published: 2026-10-22T13:45:04+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/10/22/the-pentagon-wants-ketamine-wafers-as-a-battlefield-medicine-option/
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The Pentagon awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to the Singapore-based iX Biopharma to develop a small, ketamine-packed wafer.

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