Zura Bio plunges after skin disease drug fails mid-stage study

By Reuters News

** Shares of biotech firm Zura Bio ZURA.O plunge 68.2% to $1.30 premarket

** Co says experimental drug tibulizumab failed the main goal of a 247-patient study in hidradenitis suppurativa, a chronic disease that causes painful lumps under the skin

** Drug also missed key secondary goals, including measures of at least 50% and 75% reductions in skin lesions — ZURA

** Two doses reduced lesion counts by 56% and 58.1%, versus 52.5% for placebo after 16 weeks — ZURA

** Zura will discontinue the drug’s development for the skin disease but continue studies in two other inflammatory conditions

** As of last close, stock down ~22% YTD

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