• XRx-101 – a triple action approach to suppressing COVID-19 Injury •

CALGARY, Alberta, March 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, with late stage clinical programs, announces that it is exploring the potential of using XRx-101 (a new formulation of Oxypurinol) as a novel treatment for acute kidney and lung injury accompanying Coronavirus infection and specifically for the COVID-19 infection.

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CALGARY, Alberta, March 02, 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 that it has closed a first tranche of the non-brokered private placement announced on January 31, 2020 with the issuance of 18,259,427 units for gross proceeds of $2,556.319. 

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CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 31, 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 announces that it has re-priced its non-brokered private placement originally announced on April 29, 2019 to more accurately reflect the current market price of the Company’s common shares.

● TMX-049 Results Show Beneficial Decrease of Urinary Albumin in T2DN ●

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 19, 2019 (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 share, in conjunction with Teijin Pharma Limited (“Teijin”), the positive, statistically significant results from a recently completed U.S.

● New Study Shows a Novel Form of Injury Linking Uric Acid Crystals in Urine and ADPKD Progression ●

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX; OTCQB: XRTXF; ANU1: FWB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to highlight in conjunction with Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day, a new, eloquent research paper that describes a previously unrecognized form of injury that can occur when uric acid or calcium oxalate crystals form in the kidneys of individuals with polycystic kidney disease. 

CALGARY, Alberta, July 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX; OTCQB: XRTXF; ANU1: FWB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to announce that Dr.

CALGARY, Alberta, July 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XRX; OTCQB: XRTXF; ANU1: FWB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to announce the results of the Company’s 2019 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held July 17, 2019 (the “Meeting”).