Organization and Basis of Presentation | NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Ardelyx, Inc., or “the Company,” is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative, minimally-systemic therapeutic drugs that work exclusively in the gastrointestinal, or GI, tract to treat cardio-renal and GI diseases. The Company has developed a proprietary drug discovery and design platform enabling it, in a rapid and cost-efficient manner, to discover and design novel drug candidates. Utilizing its platform, the Company discovered and designed its lead product candidate, tenapanor, which is currently being evaluated in two pivotal Phase 3 clinical studies in patients with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS-C. In a Phase 2b clinical study, tenapanor demonstrated the ability to lower elevated serum phosphorus levels in patients with end-stage renal disease, or ESRD. The Company has initiated the first of two registration studies to evaluate efficacy, safety and dosing regimens of tenapanor for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia, or elevated serum phosphorus in ESRD patients on dialysis. The Company is developing another drug candidate, RDX227675, the lead product candidate from its RDX022 program, for the treatment of hyperkalemia, or elevated serum potassium. The Company is pursuing a 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway for RDX227675. The Company has additional drug candidates in earlier research and development programs focused in GI and cardio-renal diseases, including RDX98940, the lead development compound from its RDX009 program focused on secretagogues of glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, and glucagon-like peptide-2, or GLP-2, and RDX013 program compounds focused on potassium secretagogues. Basis of Presentation These unaudited condensed financial statements and the related footnote information of the Company have been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules and regulations, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying interim unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the information for the periods presented. The results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire year ending December 31, 2016 or future operating periods. The accompanying condensed financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2015, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC (the “2015 Form 10-K”). The balance sheet at December 31, 2015 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, as filed with the 2015 Form 10-K. |