Viking Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company's lead drug candidate is VK2809, an orally available tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRß), which is in Phase IIb clinical trials to treat patients with biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, as well as NAFLD. It also develops VK5211, an orally available non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of patients recovering from non-elective hip fracture surgery; VK0612, an orally available Phase IIb-ready drug candidate for type 2 diabetes; and VK0214, an orally available tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the TRß for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VKTX) is a clinical-stage company focused on the development of first-in-class or best-in-class therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. Our most advanced candidate is a non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) currently in Phase 2 trial for the treatment recovery from hip fracture surgery. Our thyroid receptor beta (TRb) agonist platform, also in Phase 2, is being developed for lipid disorders such as hypercholesterolemia and fatty liver diseases such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) as well as for rare diseases of glycogen storage disease (GSD 1a) and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, or X-ALD. See more at http://www.vikingtherapeutics.com



NASDAQ:VKTX

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

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