Press Release
Akebia Therapeutics Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
Morgan Stanley is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering. The offering is subject to market and other conditions and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Akebia intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the continued clinical development of vadadustat, for additional manufacturing capabilities, for the clinical development of AKB-5169, for discovery, research and preclinical studies of its other product candidates, and the remainder for working capital, business development and other general corporate purposes.
The shares of common stock described above are being offered by Akebia
pursuant to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously
filed and declared effective by the
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in the offering, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
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under the heading "Risk Factors" in Akebia's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended
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Communications and Investor Relations
tmcneely@akebia.com
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