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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock and XORTX Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock

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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the rare neuroendocrine diseases. The company's lead product candidate is IMCIVREE (setmelanotide), a rare melanocortin-4 receptor for the treatment of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1, leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency obesity, and Bardet-Biedl and Alström syndrome. It is in Phase 3 clinical trials for treating POMC or LEPR heterozygous deficiency obesities, steroid receptor coactivator 1 deficiency obesity, SH2B1 deficiency obesity, MC4 receptor deficiency obesity, and other MC4R disorders. The company has licensing agreements with LG Chem, Ltd; Ipsen Pharma S.A.S; Camurus; RareStone Group Ltd.; joint research collaboration with Axovia Therapeutics for developing in bardet-biedl syndrome; and LG Chem, Ltd. The company was formerly known as Rhythm Metabolic, Inc. and changed its name to Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in October 2015. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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XORTX Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock

XORTX Therapeutics Inc., a late-stage clinical pharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapies to treat gout and progressive kidney disease. Its drug development programs include XRx-026, which is in the third phase for the treatment of gout; XRx-008, which is in the second phase to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; XRx-101, which is in the second phase to treat acute kidney injury associated with respiratory virus infection; and XRX-225, which is in the preclinical stage for the treatment of type 2 diabetic nephropathy. It has a license agreement with the University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. for the use of uric acid lowering agent to treat insulin resistance. The company is based in Calgary, Canada.

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