John Garabo | Director of Corporate Communications |
John Butler | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Jason Amello | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Dr. Rita Jain | Chief Medical Officer |
Michel Dahan | Chief Business Officer |
Chris Raymond | Piper Jaffray |
Bert Hazlett | BTIG. Robert |
Difei Yang | Mizuho |
Kennen Mackay | RBC Capital Markets |
Jonathan Aschoff | National Securities |
Ed Arce | H.C. Wainwright & Company |
Jeff Hung | UBS |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Akebia's Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2017 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today’s conference Mr. John Garabo, Director of Corporate Communications at Akebia.
Your line is now open.