UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 20, 2015
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-37355 | 46-1073877 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
12340 El Camino Real, Suite 250, San Diego, California, 92130
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 704-4660
N/A
(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 20, 2015, Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the successful completion of a short-term safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic study in healthy elderly subjects of VK5211, an orally available, non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator being developed for the treatment of patients recovering from non-elective hip fracture surgery. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished under Item 7.01 (Regulation FD Disclosure) of Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated October 20, 2015. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 20, 2015 | Viking Therapeutics, Inc. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Brian Lian, Ph.D. | |||||||
| Brian Lian, Ph.D. | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||