** Shares of drug developer Spyre Therapeutics SYRE.O rise 23.3% to $63.24 premarket
** SYRE says its experimental drug showed a significant reduction in disease activity in a mid-stage study in patients with ulcerative colitis
** The drug, SPY001, met the main goal of the trial, reducing a key measure of tissue-level inflammation after 12 weeks of treatment, co says
** Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease causing swelling and ulcers in the lining of the colon and rectum
** As of last close, SYRE stock was up 56% YTD
(Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan)
((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com))