XORTX Announces Change of Effective Date of Share Consolidation

CALGARY, Alberta, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: XRTX | TSXV: XRTX | Frankfurt: ANU), a late-stage clinical pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat gout and progressive kidney disease, announces that, further to its news release of March 25, 2026, the Company has delayed the implementation of its share consolidation on the basis of one (1) new common share for every five (5) old common shares (the “Consolidati ...