# Akston Biosciences

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/akston-biosciences/  
**Website:** https://www.akstonbio.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Akston Biosciences Corporation is a privately held biotechnology company headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, founded in 2011 by the team from SmartCells, Inc. and led by CEO Todd Zion, Ph.D. Akston designs, develops and manufactures protein therapeutics built on its proprietary Ambifect Fc-fusion protein platform, with a pipeline focused on companion-animal (veterinary) medicine: PD-L1 monoclonal antibody oncology candidates (AKS-701d, AKS-619d), a long-acting GLP-1 for feline weight management (AKS-562c), an IL-31 targeting therapy for canine pruritus (AKS-699), and NGF-targeting candidates for osteoarthritis pain. Its veterinary insulin program was sold to Dechra in 2024, and human programs continue through the Vakston and Diamune Therapeutics subsidiaries. The company announced a manufacturing expansion in Shreveport, Louisiana. Akston is a therapeutics developer and manufacturer, not a software vendor: it publishes a corporate marketing site and no public API, SDK, developer portal or machine-readable specification.

## Kin Score — 5.7 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 7.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Security (1)

- **Akston Biosciences Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Company, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health, Veterinary Medicine, Protein Therapeutics, Biomanufacturing

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/akston-biosciences/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.