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MIRA Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Peer-Reviewed SKNY-1 Manuscript Highlighting Oral Obesity and Nicotine Addiction Drug Candidate
Peer-reviewed publication highlights preclinical findings demonstrating weight loss, lipid normalization, and reduction of compulsive feeding and nicotine-seeking behaviors MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2026 / MIRA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIRA) ("MIRA" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of investigational therapeutics for neurologic, neuropsychiatric, and metabolic disorders, today announced the acceptance and publication of a peer-reviewed manuscript describing the preclinical pharmacology and activity of SKNY-1, the Company's oral investigational drug candidate being evaluated for obesity and nicotine addiction, in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The publication, titled "SKNY-1, a THCV Analog, Produces Weight Loss, Lipid Normalization and Attenuation of Reward-Associated Behaviors in an mc4r(G894C) Zebrafish Model of Obesity," describes in vitro pharmacologic characterization and in vivo preclinical findings observed in an MC4R-deficient zebrafish model exhibiting obesity-associated metabolic and reward-related phenotypes.