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Akebia signs multi-year supply agreement with leading dialysis org for Vafseo access
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
- Contract with a leading kidney care provider serving >200,000 patients at thousands of U.S. dialysis centers.
- Vafseo (vadadustat) expected to be available in the U.S. in January 2025.
- CMS granted TDAPA reimbursement for Vafseo starting January 1, 2025, and issued a HCPCS billing code.
- Vafseo received FDA approval in March 2024 for anemia due to CKD in adults on dialysis for at least 3 months.
- Agreement enables physicians to prescribe Vafseo as clinically appropriate; commercial launch priority.