BOSTON, Oct. 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:KERX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative therapies to market for people with renal disease, today announced that it will host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss its third quarter 2015 financial results and provide a review of the Auryxia™ (ferric citrate) launch.

In order to participate in the conference call, please dial 1-844-253-5359 (U.S.), 1-815-680-5932 (international) and refer to conference ID: 64671741. The call will be webcast live with slides and accessible through the Investors section of the company’s website at www.keryx.com for a period of 15 days after the call.

Keryx will announce its financial results for this period in a press release to be issued prior to the call.

About Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, with offices in New York and Boston, is focused on bringing innovative therapies to market for patients with renal disease. In December 2014, the company launched its first FDA-approved product, Auryxia™ (ferric citrate) for the control of elevated serum phosphorus levels, or hyperphosphatemia, in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis, in the United States. In January 2014, ferric citrate was approved for the treatment of patients with all stages of CKD in Japan, where it is being marketed as Riona® by Keryx’s Japanese partner, Japan Tobacco Inc. and Torii Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. In September 2015, the European Commission granted European market authorization for Fexeric® (ferric citrate coordination complex) for the control of hyperphosphatemia in adults with non-dialysis and dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease. For more information about Keryx, please visit www.keryx.com

CONTACT: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Contact:

Lora Pike
Senior Director, Investor Relations
T: 617.466.3511
[email protected]