CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 01, 2026 (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 P. Butler, Chief Executive Officer and Erik Ostrowski, Chief Financial and Chief Business Officer, will participate in one-on-one meetings at the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference, which will take place in Boston, September 8 – 10, 2026.

During meetings, management will discuss its commercial products and its robust pipeline of clinical stage kidney disease programs.

About Akebia Therapeutics
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease. Akebia was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit our website at www.akebia.com, which does not form a part of this release.

Akebia Therapeutics Contact
Mercedes Carrasco
mcarrasco@akebia.com