George Farmer's questions to Viking Therapeutics Inc (VKTX) leadership • Q2 2025
Question
George Farmer from Scotiabank asked about the strategy to motivate and retain placebo patients in the long VANQUISH studies. He also requested more detail on how Viking's amylin agonist program is differentiated from others in development.
Answer
President & CEO Brian Lian explained that placebo retention will be encouraged through diet and exercise counseling, regular clinician visits, and, importantly, eligibility for an open-label extension with active treatment after the trial. For the amylin program, he stated that based on internal models, their compounds are competitive on appetite and body weight reduction, and they look forward to human data.