AKBA

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company with two commercial products for patients impacted by kidney disease. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing therapeutics. Its two preclinical development candidates are AKB-9090 and AKB-10108. The Company’s portfolio and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-based commercialized products include Auryxia (ferric citrate) and Vafseo. Auryxia (ferric citrate) is an orally administered medicine approved and marketed in the United States for two indications: the control of serum phosphorus levels in adult patients with dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (DD-CKD), and the treatment of iron deficiency anemia (IDA), in adult patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD). Vafseo, an oral HIF prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH), inhibitor. It utilizes third parties for the commercial distribution of Auryxia, including wholesale distributors and certain specialty pharmacy providers.