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Viking Therapeutics Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

May 10, 2017 4:05 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO, May 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ("Viking") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017, and provided an update on its clinical pipeline and other corporate developments.

Highlights from, and Subsequent to, the Quarter Ended March 31, 2017

"We continued to make solid progress with multiple programs in the first quarter," stated Brian Lian, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Viking.  "The Phase 2 trial of our selective... More