Excitement is building around a new weight loss drug, CagriSema, which is expected to surpass the effects of popular drugs ...

Viking Therapeutics' weight loss drug VK2735 may challenge Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's dominance in the obesity drug space ...

Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) released new clinical trial data on Sunday for its experimental weight-loss drugs, which include a highly anticipated oral pill.

The biotech had tested the oral asset, dubbed VK2735, at doses ranging from 2.5 mg up to 100 mg. Viking already revealed back in March that 25% of the eight patients who received 20-mg doses saw their ...

While the Amycretin data are preliminary, investors were encouraged by the prospects of Novo Nordisk solidifying a best-in-class obesity designation, a desirable status given rising competition.