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Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. and Capricor Therapeutics Inc

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Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for patients with kidney diseases. Its product portfolio includes Vafseo (vadadustat), an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase, which is in Phase III development for the treatment of anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in dialysis-dependent (DD) and non-dialysis dependent (NDD) patients; and Auryxia, a ferric citrate that is used to control the serum phosphorus levels in adult patients with DD-CKD and the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adult patients with NDD-CKD. The company is also developing AKB-9090 for treating cardiac surgery-related acute kidney injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome; and AKB-10108 for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity in neonates. The company has license and collaboration agreements with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation for the development and commercialization of Vafseo in Japan and other Asian countries. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Capricor Therapeutics Inc

Capricor Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the development of transformative cell and exosome-based therapeutics for treating duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and other diseases with unmet medical needs in the United States. Its lead product candidate is the Deramiocel, an allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells, which is in phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of DMD. The company also develops Exosome protein-based vaccine, which is in preclinical trial to treat SARS-CoV-2; StealthX Exosome Platform, and exosome platform program consists of engineered exosomes for vaccine and therapeutic development and is in preclinical trial. In addition, it engages in developing StealthX, an engineered exosome-based vaccine candidate, under phase 1 clinical study for a range of therapeutic applications, including targeted RNA, protein, and small molecule therapeutics to treat or prevent a variety of diseases; and CAP-2003, and allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells-exosomes, which is in preclinical trial to treat DMD. It has license agreement with Johns Hopkins University, University of Rome License, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to develop and commercialize licensed products and licensed services under the licensed patent rights in all fields and a nonexclusive right to the know-how; Cell Line License Agreement with Life Technologies for the development of exosomes platform. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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