In an eight-week obese NHP study, lean mass made up 6% of weight lost with IBIO-610, an Activin E antibody, plus semaglutide, versus 22% with semaglutide alone

iBio expects to start first-in-human trials of IBIO-610 in first half of 2027

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iBio, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBIO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing long-acting antibody therapeutics for obesity, cardiometabolic and cardiopulmonary diseases, highlighted preclinical body-composition data from its obese non-human primate (NHP) study evaluating IBIO-610, potentially a first-in-class Activin E antibody candidate, alone and in combination with semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat obesity. The data were discussed in an oral presentation at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting on October 1, 2026.

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