Akebia And Keryx To Merge, Establishing Critical Mass In Renal Disease
Executive Summary
Planned all-stock transaction would bring together Akebia’s R&D organization and Keryx’s commercial apparatus for Auryxia. That drug and Akebia’s Phase III vadadustat would create a complementary franchise, CEO Butler asserts.
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