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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Dinerman Michael   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Viking Therapeutics, Inc. [VKTX] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC., 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, SUITE 50 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/04/2015 (Street) SAN DIEGO, CA 92037 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share 05/04/2015   D   998,250 (1) D (2) 576,750 (3) D   Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share 05/04/2015   A(4)   105,000 A $ 0 681,750 D   Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share 05/04/2015   C   3,642 A (5) 685,392 D   Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share 05/04/2015   F(6)   8,724 A $ 9.49 694,116 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 9.49

05/04/2015

A

45,000

05/04/2015(7)

05/04/2025

Common Stock

45,000

$ 0

45,000

D

Convertible Note due 2015

$ 6 (5)

05/04/2015

C

$ 21,854

(5)

(5)

Common Stock

3,642

$ 0

3,642

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dinerman Michael C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC. 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, SUITE 50 SAN DIEGO, CA 92037			Chief Operating Officer

Signatures

/s/ Michael Morneau, as Attorney-in-Fact		05/06/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Of the shares repurchased by the Issuer, 901,216 shares were fully vested and 97,034 were subject to vesting.
(2)	Shares were repurchased by the Issuer at a price of $0.00001 per share.
(3)	Includes 56,091 shares of restricted stock that are subject to vesting, of which 11,214 will vest on May 26, 2015 and each month thereafter through and including August 26, 2015 and 11,235 which will vest on September 26, 2015.
(4)	Represents a restricted stock award of common stock under the Issuer's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. One third of the shares subject to the restricted stock award shall vest on each one year anniversary of the grant date of the award.
(5)	The outstanding principal balance under the convertible note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, automatically converted into shares of common stock upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering at a conversion price equal to 75% of the price at which shares were sold to the public. The convertible note had no expiration date.
(6)	Represents a restricted stock award of 20,186 shares of common stock granted under the Issuer's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. All of the shares subject to the restricted stock award vested immediately upon grant. In order to satisfy certain tax withholding obligations, the Issuer repurchased 11,462 of these shares from the Reporting Person.
(7)	25% of the shares subject to the option were vested upon grant and 25% of the shares subject to the option will vest on each one year anniversary of the grant date.

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