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Strong results to date of Vafseo U.S. launch; expect Vafseo Q1 2025 net product revenues of approximately $10-$11 million Cash resources and cash from operations expected to fund current operating plan for at least two years Akebia to Host Conference Call at 8:00 a.m. ET on March 13, 2025 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akebia Therapeutics®, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA) today announced plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024, on Thursday, March 13, 2025, prior to the open of financial markets.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akebia Therapeutics ® , Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted two newly-hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 13,525 shares of Akebia's common stock on February 28, 2025. The options were granted as an inducement material to each employee entering into employment with Akebia. The options were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Akebia Therapeutics is currently shifting focus from Auryxia to Vafseo due to Auryxia's declining revenues from patent expiration. Vafseo is now approved for dialysis patients and leverages AKBA's signature HIF pathway. So far, it has shown some early successes, which makes me optimistic. AKBA is also working on a Phase 3 trial for non‑dialysis CKD patients, which is scheduled for mid‑2025 to support a potential label expansion.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akebia Therapeutics ® , Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted seven newly-hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 130,763 shares of Akebia's common stock on January 31, 2025. The options were granted as an inducement material to teach employee entering into employment with Akebia. The options were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

New Commercial Supply Contracts for Vafseo® (vadadustat) secured, bringing availability and dialysis organization coverage to nearly 100% of patients on dialysis in U.S. Vafseo tablets now shipping in the U.S. Plan to start Phase 3 trial in mid-2025 to potentially expand Vafseo label to include treatment of late-stage non-dialysis CKD patients Company to discuss business updates at 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

AKBA, KOF and GES have been added to the Zacks Rank #24 (Strong Sell) List on January 3, 2024.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , Jan. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Akebia Therapeutics®, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted one newly-hired employee options to purchase an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Akebia's common stock on December 31, 2024.

Vadadustat clinical data on display for nephrologist and healthcare providers in advance of U.S. market availability expected in January 2025 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akebia Therapeutics®, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, today announced that it will present data at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2024 (ASN Kidney Week), which will take place in San Diego, CA from October 24-27.

Designed to help dialysis organizations incorporate new treatments into their practices, TDAPA provides two years of reimbursement in addition to the ESRD bundled rate A HCPCS code has also been assigned to Vafseo to facilitate reimbursement at dialysis organizations CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akebia Therapeutics®, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, today announced that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that Vafseo® (vadadustat) meets the criteria for the Transitional Drug Add-On Payment Adjustment (TDAPA) in the anemia management end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system functional category, beginning on January 1, 2025.