ATYR vs SKYE Comparison

aTyr Pharma Inc is a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of first-in-class medicines from its proprietary tRNA synthetase platform. The company has concentrated its research and development efforts on a newly discovered area of biology, the extracellular functionality and signaling pathways of tRNA synthetases. Its primary focus is efzofitimod, a clinical-stage product candidate which targets NRP2 to resolve chronic inflammation that can cause to fibrosis. Efzofitimod has a novel mechanism of action for potentially treating lung inflammation and fibrosis.

Skye Bioscience Inc is a pre-clinical pharmaceutical company located in San Diego, California. The company's clinical assets focus on the modulation of cannabinoid receptor 1 ("CB1") to provide novel treatments and alternatives for diseases caused by metabolic disorders, inflammation, fibrosis, and neurodegeneration, such as obesity and glaucoma. The company's Phase 2 clinical candidates include nimacimab, a negative allosteric modulating antibody that inhibits peripheral CB1 receptors, currently being developed for the treatment of obesity and SBI-100 Ophthalmic Emulsion ("SBI-100 OE"), a CB1 agonist (activator), currently being developed for the treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension.