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Viking Therapeutics initiates Phase 3 clinical trials for oral VK2735

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VKTX Viking Therapeutics Inc
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  1. 1Viking Therapeutics recently initiated SUNRISE-1 and SUNRISE-2, Phase 3 clinical trials for oral VK2735 targeting patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
  2. 2A 20% discontinuation rate due to adverse events was previously recorded among participants in the VENTURE-Oral trial during the 13-week VENTURE-Oral study.
  3. 3Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $3.19 billion.

So what's the key point?

Viking Therapeutics has started the final stage of testing for its oral medication. In a previous study, 20% of participants stopped taking the drug due to side effects.

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