ARDX vs FFC Comparison

Ardelyx Inc is a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercialize, first-in-class medicines that meet unmet medical needs. It has developed a platform that enabled the discovery of new biological mechanisms and pathways to develop potent and efficacious therapies that minimize the side effects and drug-drug interactions frequently encountered with traditional, systemically absorbed medicines. Its products Tenapanor, branded as IBSRELA, is used for the treatment of adults with IBS-C. Tenapanor, branded as XPHOZAH, is used 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.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide its common shareholders with high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. It invests in a diversified portfolio of preferred securities.