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Viking Therapeutics plans $400M stock and convertible notes offering to fund obesity drug development

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23 Sep 2026
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Viking Therapeutics plans $400M stock and convertible notes offering to fund obesity drug development

Viking Therapeutics announced plans to raise $200 million through common stock and $200 million via convertible senior notes due 2032, with options for additional sales. The funds will support clinical development and commercialization of its obesity and metabolic disease drug programs, including VK2735 and VK3019. The offerings are independent of each other and managed by Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan. Proceeds will advance Viking's pipeline and general corporate purposes.

Viking Therapeutics announced plans to raise $400 million through common stock and convertible senior notes. For readers following the health sector, here is Pluang's market snapshot as of Sep 24, 2026 03:02 WIB: out of 100 priced US health stocks, 37 rose and 63 fell today. Notable movers include DNA (Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc) down 8.54% at USD 8.57 with 70% sell order activity, BNGO (BioNano Genomics Inc) up 7.51% at USD 1.86 with 93% sell order activity, and SANA (Sana Biotechnology Inc) down 7.21% at USD 3.09 with 93% buy order activity.

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