Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. to Hold Conference Call on Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at ...( NEW YORK Aug. 4 /- Keryx Biopha...)

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) will hold a conference call on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. EDT to discuss the second quarter 2009 financial results and business outlook for the remainder of 2009. Ron Bentsur, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will host the call. Keryx will announce its financial results for this period in a press release to be issued prior to the call.

In order to participate in the conference call, please call 1-877-869-3847 (U.S.), 1-201-689-8261 (outside the U.S.), call-in ID: KERYX. The audio recording of the conference call will be available for replay athttp://www.keryx.com, for a period of 15 days after the call.

The press release announcing our financial results for this period will be posted on the Company's website,http://www.keryx.com, prior to the call.

About Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals is focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of medically important, novel pharmaceutical products for the treatment of life-threatening diseases, including renal disease and cancer. Keryx is developing Zerenex(TM) (ferric citrate), an oral, iron-based compound that has the capacity to bind to phosphate and form non-absorbable complexes. Zerenex has recently completed a Phase 2 clinical program as a treatment for hyperphosphatemia (elevated phosphate levels) in patients with end-stage renal disease. Keryx is also developing KRX-0401 (perifosine), a novel, potentially first-in-class, oral anti-cancer agent that inhibits the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway, a key signaling cascade that has been shown to induce cell growth and cell tra
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