CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akebia Therapeutics ® , Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, today announced that John Butler, Chief Executive Officer, and Nik Grund, Chief Commercial Officer, will participate in a Fireside Chat at the H.C.

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 8, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Mercedes Carrasco - Senior Director of Investor Relations John Butler - Chief Executive Officer Nick Grund - Chief Commercial Officer Erik Ostrowski - Chief Financial and Chief Business Officer Conference Call Participants Roanna Ruiz - Leerink Partners Roger Song - Jefferies Allison Bratzel - Piper Sandler Les Siloski - Truist Securities Operator Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Akebia's First Quarter 2025 Financial Results Call.

Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.03 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.03 per share. This compares to loss of $0.09 per share a year ago.

AKBA's shares fell after announcing the pricing of its secondary issue of shares, which were at a discount to the previous closing price.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akebia Therapeutics®, Inc. (“Akebia”) (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 25,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $2.00 per share. All shares are being offered by Akebia. The gross proceeds to Akebia from the Offering, before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be $50.0 million. In addition, Akebia has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 3,750,000 additional shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The Offering is expected to close on March 21, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.10 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.08. This compares to break-even earnings per share a year ago.

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.