POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Stephen Hoffman, Joseph Gardner, Danielle Lauzon, James Xu,
Amoli Pandya, and Brian Fleming, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Aerpio Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (the "Company"), (i) Form ID, including any attached
documents, to effect the assignment of codes to the undersigned to
be used in the transmission of information to the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission using the EDGAR System,
(ii) Forms 3, 4 and 5, (iii) Schedule 13D, (iv) Schedule 13G and
(v) amendments of each thereof, in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D. Schedule 13G or any
amendments thereto and timely file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Regulation 13D-G of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The undersigned hereby agrees
to indemnify the attorney-in-fact and the Company from and against any demand,
damage, loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading information
provided by the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a confirming
statement of the authority granted herein. This Power of Attorney
supersedes any prior power of attorney in connection with the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the
Company. This Power of Attorney shall expire as to any individual
attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an
executive officer of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of November 15, 2017.
/s/ Michael Rogers
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Michael Rogers