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Business Upturn
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Cidara Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(C)(4)
By GlobeNewswire Published on July 2, 2025, 01:59 IST SAN DIEGO, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTX), a biotechnology company applying its proprietary Cloudbreak® platform to develop drug-Fc conjugate (DFC) therapeutics, today announced that the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of its Board of Directors (Compensation Committee) granted non-qualified stock option awards and restricted stock units (RSUs) for an aggregate of 12,100 shares of its common stock to two new employees, pursuant to the Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Inducement Incentive Plan, as amended (the Inducement Plan), with a grant date of June 30, 2025. The stock option has an exercise price of $48.71 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Cidara's common stock on the grant date. The shares subject to the option will vest over four years, with 25% of the shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the vesting commencement date and the balance of the shares vesting in a series of 36 successive equal monthly installments thereafter. All RSUs vest in four equal annual installments, with 1/4 vesting on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Quarterly Vesting Date (as defined below) that occurs during the calendar quarter that includes the date of grant. 'Quarterly Vesting Date' means March 10, June 10, September 10 or December 10. The awards are subject to the award holder's continuous service through each vesting date and to the terms and conditions of the Inducement Plan and the standard forms of grant agreements thereunder. The foregoing equity awards were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Cidara, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Inducement Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously employees of Cidara, or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an inducement material to such individual's entering into employment with Cidara, pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). About Cidara Therapeutics Cidara Therapeutics is using its proprietary Cloudbreak® platform to develop novel drug-Fc conjugates (DFCs) comprising targeted small molecules or peptides coupled to a proprietary human antibody fragment (Fc). Cidara's lead DFC candidate, CD388, is a long-acting antiviral designed to achieve universal prevention of seasonal and pandemic influenza with a single dose by directly inhibiting viral proliferation. In June 2023, CD388 was granted Fast Track Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Company announced completion of enrollment of its Phase 2b NAVIGATE trial in December 2024. Additional DFCs have been developed for oncology and in July 2024 Cidara received investigational new drug application clearance for CBO421 which is intended to target CD73 in solid tumors. Cidara is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit INVESTOR CONTACT: Brian RitchieLifeSci Advisors(212) 915-2578 [email protected] MEDIA CONTACT: Michael FitzhughLifeSci Communications(628) 234-3889 Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same.
Yahoo
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LENSAR Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
ORLANDO, Fla., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LENSAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNSR) ('LENSAR' or the 'Company') today announced that a majority of the independent members of LENSAR's board of directors granted three newly-hired non-executive employees an aggregate of 660 restricted stock units ('RSUs'). The RSUs were granted as of July 1, 2025, as inducement for each such employee commencing employment with the Company. The RSUs were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's common stock. The RSUs vest in four substantially equal installments on each anniversary of the grant date, subject to the new employee's continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date. The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions of LENSAR's 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan and a restricted stock unit agreement covering the grant. About LENSAR LENSAR is a commercial-stage medical device company focused on designing, developing, and marketing advanced systems for the treatment of cataracts and the management of astigmatism as an integral aspect of the procedure. LENSAR has developed its ALLY Robotic Cataract Laser System™ as a compact, highly ergonomic system utilizing an extremely fast dual-modality laser and integrating AI into proprietary imaging and software. ALLY is designed to transform premium cataract surgery by utilizing LENSAR's advanced robotic technologies with the ability to perform the entire procedure in a sterile operating room or in-office surgical suite, delivering operational efficiencies and reduced overhead. ALLY includes LENSAR's proprietary Streamline® software technology, designed to guide surgeons to achieve better outcomes. Contacts: Lee Roth / Cameron Radinovic Thomas R. Staab, II, CFO Burns McClellan for LENSAR lroth@ / cradinovic@
Yahoo
17-06-2025
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Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Announces Grants of Inducement Awards under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), today announced that it granted equity awards on June 15, 2025 to 36 new non-executive employees as equity inducement awards under the terms of Madrigal's 2023 Inducement Plan. The equity awards were approved by Madrigal's independent Compensation Committee in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The equity awards were granted as inducement material to employees' acceptance of employment with the company. The new employees received, in the aggregate, options to purchase 2,184 shares of Madrigal's common stock, and in the aggregate 21,125 time-based restricted stock units. All options granted have an exercise price of $295.57 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the company's common stock on the grant date, and vest as follows: (i) 25% of the option shares will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date and (ii) 6.25% of the option shares will vest on each quarterly anniversary following the first anniversary of the grant date. All restricted stock units granted vest in four equal installments on each of the first through fourth anniversaries of the grant date. The vesting of all awards described above shall be subject to each such employee's continued employment as of the applicable vesting date. About Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDGL) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a liver disease with high unmet medical need. Madrigal's medication, Rezdiffra (resmetirom), is a once-daily, oral, liver-directed THR-β agonist designed to target key underlying causes of MASH. Rezdiffra is the first and only medication approved by the FDA for the treatment of MASH with moderate to advanced fibrosis (consistent with stages F2 to F3). An ongoing Phase 3 outcomes trial is evaluating Rezdiffra for the treatment of compensated MASH cirrhosis (consistent with stage F4c). For more information, visit Investor Contact Tina Ventura, IR@ Media ContactChristopher Frates, media@ in to access your portfolio
Business Insider
17-06-2025
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- Business Insider
Nurix Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRIX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted protein degradation medicines, the next frontier in innovative drug design aimed at improving treatment options for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases, today announced that on June 10, 2025, the company granted inducement awards to seventeen new employees. The grants were made pursuant to Nurix's 2024 Equity Inducement Plan as an inducement material to the employees' acceptance of employment with Nurix and were approved by the Compensation Committee of Nurix's Board of Directors in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The company granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 97,400 shares of Nurix common stock and restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) representing an aggregate of 66,750 shares of Nurix common stock. One fourth of the total number of shares underlying the stock options will vest on the one-year anniversary of the employee's date of hire and one forty-eighth of the total number of shares underlying the stock options will vest each month thereafter until the stock option is fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the employee's date of hire, subject to the employee's continued service with Nurix on each such vesting date. The stock options have a term of ten years and an exercise price of $12.79 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Nurix's common stock on the grant date as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market. One fourth of the total number of shares subject to the RSUs will vest on the one-year anniversary of the RSU vesting start date, which is July 30, 2025, subject to the employee's continued service with Nurix on the vesting date. Thereafter, one sixteenth of the total number of shares subject to the RSUs shall vest quarterly, until the RSU award is fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the vesting start date, subject to the employee's continued service with Nurix on each such vesting date. About Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. Nurix Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted protein degradation medicines, the next frontier in innovative drug design aimed at improving treatment options for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases. Nurix's wholly owned, clinical stage pipeline includes degraders of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), a B-cell signaling protein, and inhibitors of Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B (CBL-B), an E3 ligase that regulates activation of multiple immune cell types including T cells and NK cells. Nurix also is advancing multiple potentially first-in-class or best-in-class degraders and degrader antibody conjugates (DACs) in its preclinical pipeline. Nurix's partnered drug discovery pipeline consists of preclinical stage degraders of IRAK4 and STAT6, as well as multiple additional programs under collaboration agreements with Gilead Sciences, Inc., Sanofi S.A. and Pfizer Inc., within which Nurix retains certain options for co-development, co-commercialization and profit sharing in the United States for multiple drug candidates. Powered by a fully AI-integrated discovery engine capable of tackling any protein class, and coupled with unparalleled ligase expertise, Nurix's dedicated team has built a formidable advantage in translating the science of targeted protein degradation into clinical advancements. Nurix aims to establish degrader-based treatments at the forefront of patient care, writing medicine's next chapter with a new script to outmatch disease. Nurix is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For additional information visit Elizabeth Wolffe, Ph.D. Wheelhouse Life Science Advisors lwolffe@ Media Aljanae Reynolds Wheelhouse Life Science Advisors areynolds@
Yahoo
13-06-2025
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Rapid Micro Biosystems Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
LEXINGTON, Mass., June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RPID) (the 'Company'), an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products, today announced the grants on June 2, 2025, of (i) 160,000 restricted stock units ('RSUs') of the Company's Class A common stock ('Common Stock') and (ii) non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 250,000 shares of Common Stock (the 'Options') as a material inducement to employment to a new employee. All such equity awards were made under the Company's Inducement Plan, as amended (the 'Inducement Plan') and were approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The equity awards are subject to the terms and conditions of the Inducement Plan, and the terms and conditions of the applicable stock option and RSU award agreements covering the grants. The Options have an exercise price of $3.45 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Common Stock on their grant date. Twenty-five percent (25%) of Options will vest and become exercisable on the first anniversary of their grant date, and 1/48th of Options will vest and become exercisable each month thereafter, in each case, subject to such employee's continued employment on each vesting date. The RSUs will vest annually over a three-year period, with one-third of the RSUs vesting on each anniversary of their grant date, subject to such employee's continued employment on each vesting date. The Inducement Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously an employee of the Company, or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an inducement material to such individual's entering into employment with the Company, pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. About Rapid Micro Biosystems Rapid Micro Biosystems is an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products such as biologics, vaccines, cell and gene therapies, and sterile injectables. The Company's flagship Growth Direct system automates and modernizes the antiquated, manual microbial quality control ('MQC') testing workflows used in the largest and most complex pharmaceutical manufacturing operations across the globe. The Growth Direct system brings the quality control lab to the manufacturing floor, unlocking the power of MQC automation to deliver the faster results, greater accuracy, increased operational efficiency, better compliance with data integrity regulations, and quicker decision making that customers rely on to ensure safe and consistent supply of important healthcare products. The Company is headquartered Lexington, Massachusetts and has U.S. manufacturing in Lowell, Massachusetts, with global locations in Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. For more information, please visit or follow the Company on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @rapidmicrobio or on Investor Contact: Michael Beaulieu, CFA Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications mbeaulieu@ Media Contact: media@ in to access your portfolio
