With earnings scheduled for the 23rd, Viking Therapeutic’s (NASDAQ: VKTX) first-quarter investor call is expected to center around key pipeline updates. The spotlight will be on three clinical candidates: VK2735 (targeting obesity), VK2809 (for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH), and VK0214 (for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, or X-ALD). Our primary interest lies in VK2735, given our broader thesis that obesity treatments — and the transformative effects of weight loss — represent a powerful and gro ...