Business Description

Nature of Business Note Regarding Certain References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, “Agios,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” and similar expressions, except where the context requires otherwise, refer to Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and “our Board of Directors” refers to the board of directors of Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In addition, unless otherwise stated or the context indicates otherwise, all references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “AQVESME™ (mitapivat)” or “AQVESME™” refer to our FDA-approved medicine for the treatment of anemia in adults with non-transfusion dependent and transfusion-dependent alpha- or beta-thalassemia in the United States; references to “PYRUKYND® (mitapivat)”, “PYRUKYND®”, or “mitapivat” refer to all other commercially available mitapivat products or mitapivat product candidates for which we are exploring further applications and indications, as the context requires. Overview We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to redefining the future of rare disease treatment. Fueled by connections, we build trusted partnerships with communities, collaborating to develop and deliver innovative medicines with the potential to transform lives. With a foundation in hematology, we combine biological expertise with real-world insights to advance a growing pipeline of rare disease medicines that reflect the priorities of the people we serve. We are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The lead product candidate in our portfolio, mitapivat, is an activator of both wild-type and mutant pyruvate kinase, or PK, enzymes for the potential treatment of hemolytic anemias. Mitapivat is approved in the United States by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, under t…