Shares of biopharmaceutical company Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) are soaring higher today after it posted promising results from the Phase 1 trial of VK2735 which is targeted for treating metabolic disorders such as obesity.
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In the single ascending dose as well as multiple ascending dose legs of the study, VK2735 showed promising safety and tolerability. The drug demonstrated up to a 7.8% decrease in mean body weight. Further, VKTX plans to assess dose escalation of the drug in a Phase 2 study.
Separately, VKTX has also begun a Phase 1 study of VK2735’s oral formulation and expects results in the second half of this year.
Overall, Wall Street has a $19.67 consensus price target on VKTX pointing to a hefty 115.68% potential upside in the stock. That’s on top of a 193% surge in VKTX shares over the past 52 weeks.
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