Responsibility
Responsible natural-product development begins with the origin of the material and the people and places connected to it.
Traceability, stewardship, cultural respect, scientific rigor, and shared value.
Our Approach
Iboga is a culturally significant plant, an ecological resource, and part of a living body of Gabonese knowledge. Developing medicines from it carries obligations that sit alongside the science.
Responsibility is not an initiative beside the business. It is intended to shape how the business operates.
Principles
Botanical material should have a documented and responsible relationship to its origin — authenticated, lawfully and ethically obtained, and accounted for through to scientific use.
Long-term scientific and commercial interest in botanical resources must be compatible with the long-term availability and health of those resources.
Responsible development should create opportunities for scientific participation, technical expertise, employment, and institutional development within countries and communities of origin.
Iboga's significance extends far beyond its chemical composition. Engagement should begin with listening, recognition of origin, and respect for the knowledge holders who have carried this tradition.
Scientific ambition should be matched by scientific rigor, transparency, appropriate safeguards, and respect for the communities and resources connected to the work.
From origin through research and development, our objective is to apply the same principles of traceability, scientific rigor, stewardship, cultural respect, and shared value throughout the work.
Shared Value in Practice
Reset Health believes that value created from biological resources should create pathways for value to return to the places and communities connected to their origin.
Reciprocity means the documented return of agreed benefits, investment, recognition, or participation to source communities and Gabonese stakeholders.
Our reciprocity approach is still being developed, and specific activities should be shaped with participating communities and institutions rather than imposed through a predetermined external model.
Focus areas
Supporting pathways for education, scientific participation, technical skills, and institutional collaboration.
Engaging respectfully with communities and knowledge holders while recognizing the cultural context surrounding iboga.
Supporting approaches that connect responsible resource stewardship with durable local value creation.
Libreville, Gabon
In January 2026, Libreville hosted the International Conference on Iboga & Ibogaine, bringing together Gabonese stakeholders, traditional knowledge holders, researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and international partners. Reset Health co-chaired the gathering.
The conference mattered because it placed the science, culture, policy, and conservation questions surrounding iboga in one room — and placed Gabon at the centre of that conversation.
Libreville Call to Action
The conference contributed to a shared call for stronger scientific collaboration, responsible stewardship, respect for traditional knowledge, meaningful participation from countries and communities of origin, and thoughtful development of the emerging iboga and ibogaine ecosystem.
The Call to Action is a shared framework for coordination. It is not presented as a legally binding agreement.
Accountability
Responsible development requires more than principles. It requires transparency, clear standards, appropriate oversight, and a willingness to measure progress over time.
Partnership
The challenges surrounding natural-product development cannot be addressed by one organization alone. Reset Health welcomes dialogue with researchers, institutions, communities, conservation organizations, policymakers, and responsible industry partners interested in advancing credible and equitable approaches to natural-product science.
This page describes principles and objectives at varying stages of development. Their scope, timing, and implementation may evolve through consultation with communities, institutions, and traditional knowledge holders. Reset Health does not claim ownership of Gabonese cultural traditions or traditional knowledge.
Reset Health believes the future of iboga and ibogaine should be shaped through science, stewardship, cultural respect, Gabonese leadership, and shared value.
