Agios Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company passionately committed to applying its scientific leadership in the field of cellular metabolism to transform the lives of patients with cancer and rare genetic disorders of metabolism, which are a subset of orphan genetic metabolic diseases.Agios is a first mover in using cellular metabolism, an unexploited area of biological research with disruptive potential, as a platform for developing potentially transformative medicines. The Company intends to apply its deep understanding of metabolism, coupled with its ability to create medicines that can inhibit or activate metabolic enzymes, to fundamentally change the way cancer and rare genetic disorders of metabolism are treated.Agios also develops drugs that focus on glycolysis, fatty acid metabolism, and autophagy. The Company's therapeutics are used in the areas of autoimmune, inflammatory, and neurological diseases.