ARDX — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of ARDX's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-06 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-04-30
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +23 | −22 | ~11 | 18 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~3 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +1 | 0 | ~3 | 0 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +26 | −18 | ~36 | 319 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +1 | −9 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Legal proceedings
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
Tenapanor, branded as IBSRELA®, is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adults with IBS-C. We believe that IBSRELA can bring meaningful benefit to the approximately 13 million Americans who suffer from the symptoms of IBS-C, many of whom continue to experience symptoms despite intervention with…
Tenapanor, branded as XPHOZAH®, is approved in the U.S. to reduce serum phosphorus in adults with CKD on dialysis as add-on therapy in patients who have an inadequate response to phosphate binders or who are intolerant of any dose of phosphate binder therapy. We believe XPHOZAH can bring meaningful …
Effective April 28, 2026, we entered into the Sixth Amendment to our Loan Agreement with SLR as collateral agent and the lenders party thereto, resulting in better overall terms.
On June 26, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of our lawsuit against CMS related to CMS reimbursement classification of XPHOZAH. We are not pursuing further litigation on this matter.
On June 29, 2026, we received $50.0 million of funding as a result of our draw down of the Term F Loan. We elected to draw down the Term F Loan for general corporate purposes and to enhance flexibility to support our ongoing strategic initiatives, in line with our capital allocation strategy.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-30
Tenapanor, branded as IBSRELA®, is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adults with IBS-C. We believe that IBSRELA can bring meaningful benefit to the approximately 13 million Americans who suffer from the symptoms of IBS-C,
many of whom continue to experience symptoms despite intervention with other therapies. We are seeking to further expand the IBSRELA eligible patient population to include patients with CIC, and have initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial (ACCEL) evaluating tenapanor in adult CIC patients. In January 20…
Tenapanor, branded as XPHOZAH®, is approved in the U.S. to reduce serum phosphorus in adults with chronic kidney disease on dialysis as add-on therapy in patients who have an inadequate response to phosphate binders or who are intolerant of any dose of phosphate binder therapy. We believe XPHOZAH ca…
Effective as of April 28, 2026, we entered into the Sixth Amendment with SLR as collateral agent and the lenders party thereto, resulting in a collectively reduced interest rate under all term loans, including the term loans we have the future option to draw from, and an extended maturity date for t…
Non-cash royalty revenue related to the sale of future royalties695 1,026 (331)(32)%
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
The manufacture of pharmaceutical products requires significant expertise and capital investment. Manufacturers of pharmaceutical products often encounter difficulties in commercial production. These problems may include difficulties with production costs and yields, quality control, including stabi…
company of concern” under the U.S. BIOSECURE Act), or if the U.S. or Chinese government take retaliatory actions due to recent or increased tensions between the U.S. and China, it may have the potential to severely restrict the ability of U.S. biopharmaceutical companies like us to purchase services…
Further, we currently and may in the future rely on foreign CMOs and CROs. Such foreign CMOs and CROs may be subject to U.S. legislation, sanctions, trade restrictions and other foreign regulatory requirements which could increase the cost or reduce the supply of material available to us, delay the …
On February 23, 2022, we entered into a loan and security agreement (the Loan Agreement) with SLR as collateral agent and the lenders listed in the Loan Agreement (collectively, the Lenders). The Loan Agreement was subsequently amended in August 2022 (the First Amendment), February 2023 (the Second …
amount of $27.5 million on February 23, 2022. An additional amount of $22.5 million was drawn on October 19, 2023, and an additional $50.0 million was drawn on each of March 1, 2024, October 29, 2024, June 30, 2025 and June 29, 2026, respectively. These are referred to as the Terms A, B, C, D, E and…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-30
(such as research and development tax credits) to offset its post-change income or taxes may be limited. We have experienced ownership changes in the past and may experience additional ownership changes in the future, as a result of subsequent changes in our stock ownership, some of which are outsid…
The manufacture of pharmaceutical products requires significant expertise and capital investment. Manufacturers of pharmaceutical products often encounter difficulties in commercial production. These problems may include difficulties with production costs and yields, quality control, including stabi…
manufacturers or adding additional manufacturers requires a significant amount of time and involves significant expense. New manufacturers would need to develop and implement the necessary production techniques and processes, which along with their facilities, would need to be inspected and approved…
Further, we currently and may in the future rely on foreign CMOs and CROs. Such foreign CMOs and CROs may be subject to U.S. legislation, sanctions, trade restrictions and other foreign regulatory requirements which could increase the cost
or reduce the supply of material available to us, delay the procurement or supply of such material or have an adverse effect on our ability to secure significant commitments from governments to purchase our potential therapies.
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
During the three months ended June 30, 2026, no Section 16 officer or director adopted or terminated any contracts, instructions or written plans for the purchase or sale of our securities.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-30
On April 28, 2026, Ardelyx, Inc. (the Company) entered into a Sixth Amendment (the Sixth Amendment) to the Loan and Security Agreement, originally dated February 23, 2022, by and among the Company, as borrower, SLR Investment Corp. (SLR), as collateral agent and the lenders party thereto (as later a…
Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment, among other things, (i) a portion of $200.0 million in outstanding principal previously allocated among the outstanding Term A through C Loans (collectively, the Revised Loans) was refinanced with a new Term H Loan; (ii) the maturity date for the Revised Loans has be…
On the closing date of the Sixth Amendment, the Company paid approximately $1.9 million in final fees and prepayment fees in connection with the partial paydown of the Term A through C Loans.
The Company is obligated to pay a final fee with respect to each of the outstanding amounts under each of the term loans, upon the earliest to occur of (i) the New Maturity Date, (ii) the acceleration of the applicable term loan or (iii) the prepayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of th…
The above summary of the material terms of the Sixth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Sixth Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated by reference herein.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice