XORTX Therapeutics Inc. ("XORTX" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: XRTX), a late-stage clinical pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat gout and progressive kidney disease, announces the launch of production of drug material and tablet manufacturing to support the Company’s XRx-026 program for the treatment of gout. This manufacturing supports a planned two-part clinical study of XORLOTM, the Company’s proprietary formulation of oxypurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor. The clinical trial, XRX-OXY-102, is being advanced based on positive and supportive prior clinical trial results and discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA").