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Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. and MeiraGTx Holdings plc Ordinary Shares

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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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MeiraGTx Holdings plc Ordinary Shares

MeiraGTx Holdings plc, a clinical stage genetics medicines company, focusing on developing treatments for patients with serious diseases. The company develops various therapies for ocular diseases, including inherited retinal diseases and large degenerative ocular diseases; neurodegenerative diseases; and xerostomia. It is also developing AAV-AQP1 in Phase 2 trial for radiation-induced grade 2/3 radiation-induced xerostomia, as well as in Phase ½ trial for Sjogren's syndrome; AAV-GAD in Phase 2 trial for Parkinson's disease; AAV-RPE65 in Phase 2 trial for RPE65-associated retinal dystrophy; and AAV-CNGB3 and AAV-CNGA3, which are both in Phase 2 trial for achromatopsia, as well as offers AAV-AIPL1 for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) 4. In addition, the company's products under preclinical development include AAV-RDH12 for retinol dehydrogenase 12 mutation-associated retinal dystrophy; AAV-BBS10 for Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) due to BBS10 mutations; AAV-RetGC for LCA type 1; and AAV-UPF1 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, as well as programs for Alzheimer's disease, and wet and dry neovascular age related macular degeneration. Further, it provides riboswitch platform for the delivery of metabolic peptides; and cell therapies for oncology, autoimmune disease, and long term intractable pain. The company has collaborations with Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine for the research, development, and commercialization of gene therapies for the treatment of inherited retinal disease; and Hologen Limited for the research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of AAV-GAD investigational gene therapy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, AAV-BDNF investigational gene therapy for genetic obesity disorders, and other genetic medicines to the central nervous system. MeiraGTx Holdings plc was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

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