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CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX; OTCQB: XRTXF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, announces a non-brokered private placement to raise between CDN $2,000,000 and CDN $3,000,000 through the issuance of between 8,000,000 and 12,000,000 common share units of the Company at a price of CDN $0.25 per unit (the “Private Placement”).

● Patent supporting Autosomal Dominant Polycystic
Kidney Disease Granted – XRx-008 Program ●

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX) (OTCQB: XRTXF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to announce receipt of notification that the patent “Formulations of Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitors” will be granted by the European Patent Office.

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX) (OTCQB: XRTXF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to announce topline results from the Company’s partnership with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (“Icahn School of Medicine”).

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX) (OTCQB: XRTXF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to announce its participation in two upcoming virtual conferences in November 2020.

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX) (OTCQB: XRTXF), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to announce that the Company has received a positive response from the U.S.

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX) (OTCQB: XRTXF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, highlights newly published information related to COVID-19 infection.

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (CSE : XRX) (OTCQB : XRTXF) (FRANKFURT : ANU1) (the “Company” or “XORTX”) a late clinical stage pharmaceutical development company focused on kidney disease, is pleased to announce that the Company has filed its pre-IND (Investigational New Drug) meeting request with the U.S.

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (CSE : XRX) (OTCQB : XRTXF) (FRANKFURT : ANU1) (the “Company” or “XORTX”) a late clinical stage pharmaceutical development company focused on kidney disease, is pleased announce that Ian Klassen will join the XORTX board of directors effective immediately.