About the Authors

Shin Tokunaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation R&D Division, Nephrology Research Laboratories, Nephrology R&D Unit, Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan

Takehisa Kawata

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

takehisa.kawata.kk@kyowakirin.com

Affiliation R&D Division, Nephrology Research Laboratories, Nephrology R&D Unit, Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

Evocalcet is the product in development, and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation have the ownership of the patents of evocalcet. These does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.