
Shares of drug developer Skye Bioscience SKYE.O rise 11.5% to $1.46 premarket
Co says its drug candidate, nimacimab, showed 23.5% weight loss in mice, comparable to Eli Lilly's LLY.N popular drug, tirzepatide, sold as Zepbound, and Novo Nordisk's NOVOb.CO experimental drug, monlunabant
SKYE also says nimacimab, when combined with tirzepatide, showed a greater than 30% weight loss
Initial data from SKYE's mid-stage study in obesity is expected in late Q3/early Q4 2025
Up to last close, stock had fallen 53.7% YTD