{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001607678-25-000003","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"VKTX","cik":"0001607678","company_name":"Viking Therapeutics, Inc.","filed_at":"2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:44.476998+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T11:27:39.211939+00:00","sec_items":["7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.9,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.9,"confidence":"high","headline":"VK2735 oral tablet achieves up to 12.2% weight loss in Phase 2 obesity trial","bullets":["Mean weight loss up to 12.2% (26.6 lbs) from baseline at 13 weeks; placebo-adjusted up to 10.9% (p<0.0001).","Up to 97% of VK2735 subjects achieved ≥5% weight loss vs 10% placebo; up to 80% achieved ≥10% vs 5% placebo.","Safety: 99% of GI-related TEAEs mild/moderate; discontinuation due to AE in 20% VK2735 vs 13% placebo.","Statistically significant weight loss seen in all doses >15 mg from Week 1 through Week 13.","Exploratory maintenance arm: weight loss sustained after down-titration from 90 mg to 30 mg daily for 7 weeks."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607678-25-000003","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607678-25-000003.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607678-25-000003.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607678-25-000003.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607678/000160767825000003/0001607678-25-000003-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607678/000160767825000003/vktx-20250819.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T11:27:39.211939+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}