Shares of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) gained 13% on Tuesday after the pharma company announced that its investigational drug, VK2809, successfully achieved the primary objective in a Phase 2 clinical trial targeting patients with a specific form of fatty liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
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Three Additional Data Announcements Expected in 2023Completed Enrollment in Phase 2b VOYAGE Study of VK2809 for NASH and Fibrosis; Data Expected in. | April 26, 2023
because of the i would also think that the transgender identity of chelsea manning may have played a role in all of this. you know the administration has been very sort of an opponent of transgender rights. gay and lgbtq community. so that may have played a factor. frankly in the days leading up to this, when asked about this, the administration often emphasizes there s been a military process that has gone under way, there s been a trial, a sentence, they seem to put a period at the end of it. so frankly it s a little surprising that they did this. however, this is among 2809 other commutations that the president is announcing today. we knew that there were hundreds of cases, thousands that were considered. this president has now ka muted the sentences of 1,400 people during his time in office and aside from the manning case, the merit, the reason for all, the rational for all of that is because of the president s belief in criminal justice reform.
look all of the evidence is certainly pointing that way. while officials are not saying so. in the industry there tis a lotis a lot of dialogue discussing aspects of the piece found. it does point very strongly to it being from a 777. although weep must be cautious here. a yemeni airbus crashed in the vicinity in 2809. there is a possibility it could be from that. all technical discussions from engineers around the globe is focusing on the fact it is from 777. talk to us more about the technical discussions i guess happening behind the scenes among those who are really experts in all of this. the item the debris we are all looking at now appears to be a flaperon. it appears to have some damage