Engagement with Allucent supports NDA pathway and advancement of late-stage gout programCALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 03, 2025 (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, today announced the initiation of Investigational New Drug (“IND”) preparation for its lead program, XRx-026, focused on the treatment of go ...

Strategic Acceleration of the Gout Program: XRx-026 and XORLO™ In the first quarter of the year, XORTX pivoted to prioritize and accelerate its gout program, XRx-026, leveraging significant progress in formulation development and clinical validation of its proprietary XORLO™ formulation. XORLO™, an oral oxypurinol formulation, shows increased oral bioavailability, a key differentiator for improved patient outcomes. XORTX is committed to developing a needed gout therapy for patients who are intolerant to exi ...

XORTX is a pharmaceutical company with three clinically advanced products in development: 1) our lead program XRx-026 program for the treatment of gout; 2) XRx-008 program for ADPKD; and 3) XRx-101 for acute kidney and other acute organ injury associated with respiratory virus infections. In addition, the Company is developing XRx-225, a pre-clinical stage program for Type 2 diabetic nephropathy. XORTX is working to advance products that target aberrant purine metabolism and xanthine oxidase to decrease or ...