Akebia to Present at the 15th Annual Needham Healthcare Conference

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering innovative therapies to patients with kidney disease through the biology of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), today announced that John P. Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 15th Annual Needham Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference is being held at The Westin Grand Central Hotel in New York City.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the company's website at http://ir.akebia.com/events.cfm. An archived presentation will be available for 90 days.

About Akebia Therapeutics

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on delivering innovative therapies to patients with kidney disease through hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) biology. Akebia has completed Phase 2 development of its lead product candidate, vadadustat (formerly AKB-6548), an oral therapy for the treatment of anemia related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in both non-dialysis and dialysis patients. Enrollment in the PRO2TECT Phase 3 program in non-dialysis commenced in late 2015 and the INNO2VATE Phase 3 program in dialysis-dependent CKD patients is expected to commence in 2016. For more information, please visit our website at www.akebia.com.

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