Viking Therapeutics will launch a longship into phase 3 for the obesity drug VK2735 sooner than expected, with a clinical program expected to top $300 million. The biotech—which was launched into the ...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine ...

CEO Brian Lian highlighted 2024 as an exceptionally busy year, with successful results from four studies, including the Phase ...

Lian indicated the oral VK2735 program is expected to advance into Phase III for obesity, with initiation targeted for the third quarter of 2026. "We currently expect to initiate this program in the ...

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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (Viking) (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and ...

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The safety and tolerability data were at odds with an earlier phase 1 trial, and not as good as a comparable drug trial result from Eli Lilly. Viking may decide to take VK2735 (oral form) through ...

VK2809 is an orally available, tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the thyroid hormone beta receptor (TRβ) that possesses selectivity for liver tissue, as well as the beta receptor ...