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Organization and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Basis of Presentation	ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Ardelyx, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is a biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. This includes adult patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (“IBS-C”), adult patients with chronic kidney disease (“CKD”) on dialysis suffering from elevated serum phosphorus, or hyperphosphatemia; and adult CKD patients and/or heart failure patients with elevated serum potassium, or hyperkalemia. We operate in one business segment, which is the development and planned commercialization of biopharmaceutical products.

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The entire disclosure for the general note to the financial statements for the reporting entity which may include, descriptions of the basis of presentation, business description, significant accounting policies, consolidations, reclassifications, new pronouncements not yet adopted and changes in accounting principles.

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