** 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
(Reporting by Puyaan Singh)
((Puyaan.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))
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