XORTX Therapeutics Inc.

XORTX Therapeutics Inc., a late stage clinical pharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapies to treat progressive kidney diseases, pre-diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, and infection. It develops XRx-008, a late clinical stage program therapy for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; XRx-101, a program to treat acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with respiratory virus infection and associated health consequences; and XRX-225, a program for treatment of type 2 diabetic nephropathy. It has a collaboration and license agreements with the Icahn School of Medicine; and a license agreement with the University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. The company is based in Alberta Beach, Canada.