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   <title>Akebia Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)</title>
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&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July  02, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=YVXEBjLguZ_K7OaTY5xpcmMBl_iqVp9jYC4_Yo2uq6nnVZH0wAtd4BxyG34nrJLdcMjcZbTYHdd5TTwV9452iVKuzz0H2Mk_pxjqafs-bxw=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Akebia Therapeutics®, Inc.&lt;/a&gt; (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted 3 newly-hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 125,600 shares of Akebia’s common stock on June 30, 2026. The options were granted as an inducement material to each employee entering into employment with Akebia. The options were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;The options have an exercise price of $1.14 per share, which is equal to the closing price of</description>
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   <title>Akebia Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)</title>
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&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July  02, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=YVXEBjLguZ_K7OaTY5xpcmMBl_iqVp9jYC4_Yo2uq6nnVZH0wAtd4BxyG34nrJLdcMjcZbTYHdd5TTwV9452iVKuzz0H2Mk_pxjqafs-bxw=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Akebia Therapeutics®, Inc.&lt;/a&gt; (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted 3 newly-hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 125,600 shares of Akebia’s common stock on June 30, 2026. The options were granted as an inducement material to each employee entering into employment with Akebia. The options were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;The options have an exercise price of $1.14 per share, which is equal to the closing price of</description>
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   <title>Form  4          Akebia Therapeutics,      For: Jun 29  Filed by: Ostrowski Erik</title>
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   <title>H.C. Wainwright Reiterates Buy Rating on Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA)</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;H.C. Wainwright analyst Matthew Caufield reiterated a Buy rating and $6.00 price target on Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AKBA).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The analyst commented: &quot;We highlight the announced interim analysis of the VOICE trial from AKBA and US Renal demonstrating improved safety outcomes for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients treated with VAFSEO versus standard erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) therapy. We view this as an important win supporting adoption of differentiated VAFSEO treatment for CKD anemia patients on dialysis. Importantly, the improved safety outcomes are based on the characterized three times per week (TIW) dosing protocol, a regimen implemented for in-center VAFSEO dosing during the patient’s</description>
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   <title>Vafseo trial stopped early after interim data shows fewer hospitalizations</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;Akebia Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AKBA) and U.S. Renal Care (USRC) announced that the VOICE trial, a study comparing Vafseo (vadadustat) to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in dialysis patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease, was stopped early following a planned interim analysis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The trial's primary investigator halted the study after an Independent Data Monitoring Committee and Trial Steering Committee recommended stopping based on prespecified criteria. The interim analysis, with a data cutoff of June 1, 2026, covered 2,116 enrolled patients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Results showed a win odds of 1.16 (95% CI 1.06–1.28, p=0.0016) on the primary composite endpoint of all-cause mortality and all-cause hospitalization, meeting</description>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;Akebia Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AKBA) and U.S. Renal Care (USRC) announced that the VOICE trial, a study comparing Vafseo (vadadustat) to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in dialysis patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease, was stopped early following a planned interim analysis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The trial's primary investigator halted the study after an Independent Data Monitoring Committee and Trial Steering Committee recommended stopping based on prespecified criteria. The interim analysis, with a data cutoff of June 1, 2026, covered 2,116 enrolled patients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Results showed a win odds of 1.16 (95% CI 1.06–1.28, p=0.0016) on the primary composite endpoint of all-cause mortality and all-cause hospitalization, meeting</description>
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