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Viking's Obesity Drug Data Fuels Bets It Can Rival Lilly's Zepbound

Viking Therapeutics reports that patients maintained weight loss on its VK2735 drug, boosting investor confidence in its potential to compete with Eli Lilly.

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0%50%100%17%21 Sept, 17:36 UTCnowQuartz: Viking's obesity drug data fuels bets it can rival Lilly's Zepbound · 22 Sept, 17:14 UTCMarketWatch: This GLP-1 drug helped people maintain their weight loss in a clinical trial — even for those taking it once a month · 22 Sept, 15:46 UTC

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  1. Viking's obesity drug data fuels bets it can rival Lilly's Zepbound Quartz
  2. This GLP-1 drug helped people maintain their weight loss in a clinical trial — even for those taking it once a month MarketWatch

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