Vamil Divan
Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Research Division
Thanks so much, everyone, again, for joining us for the second day of our Guggenheim Emerging Outlook: Biotech Summit. I’m Vamil Divan, one of the Biopharma Analysts here at Guggenheim.
Next up in this room, we have the Akebia Therapeutics team. Next to me, we have John Butler, the CEO; Steve Burke, the CMO; and then Erik Ostrowski, the CFO and CBO at the end of the stage. So thanks so much for making the trip and joining us at our conference.
Maybe just to kick things off, John, for those less familiar with the Akebia story, as stories have evolved a little bit over the last couple of years. Maybe just an overview on how — where things stand with the company, then we’ll dive into the programs.
John Butler
CEO, President & Director
It sounds good. First, Vamil, thanks so much for the invitation to be here. It really is a pleasure. So Akebia is a purpose-driven company, and our purpose is to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease. We have 2 commercial products: Auryxia, which is the phosphate binder, which we have been enjoying the revenue stream from Auryxia as it nears the end of its life. We’re obviously most excited, and I think we’ll spend a lot of time talking about Vafseo, which is our HIF-PHI to treat anemia in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis. And we are about a year into launch going through the challenges of the dialysis
