** Shares of drug developer MIRA Pharmaceuticals MIRA.O
rise 44.3% to $2.67 premarket
** Co says low doses of its experimental oral ketamine drug,
ketamir-2, led to a substantial and significant reversal of
nerve pain for 14 and 22 days following the operation
** Says at the highest dose, the drug achieved a complete
normalization of the pain threshold, resulting in a 100%
reversal of the neuropathic pain signal
** Co was testing the drug in an pre-clinical study, it said
in a regulatory filing
** Oral ketamine, under the same experimental conditions,
did not provide significant pain relief, underscoring the
superior efficacy of oral ketamir-2 - MIRA
** Up to last close, stock up 76.2% YTD
(Reporting by Sneha S K)
((Sneha.SK@thomsonreuters.com;))