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BRISBANE, Calif. , July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vera Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERA) today announced that on July 6, 2025, the Compensation Committee granted inducement awards consisting of non-qualified stock options to purchase 133,500 shares of Class A common stock and restricted stock units (RSUs) for 73,695 shares of Class A common stock to fifteen (15) new employees under the Inducement Plan. The Compensation Committee approved the awards as an inducement material to the new employees’ employment in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

SAN DIEGO, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX) today announced that on July 10, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock option awards to purchase an aggregate of 102,350 shares of its common stock and granted an aggregate of 77,875 restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards to 46 new non-executive employees, in each case, under the Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2021 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “2021 Inducement Plan”). The stock options and RSUs were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Crinetics in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ORIC), a clinical stage oncology company focused on developing treatments that address mechanisms of therapeutic resistance, today announced that on July 1, 2025 (the “Grant Date”), ORIC granted a total of 9,000 non-qualified stock options and 1,600 restricted stock units to one new non-executive employee who began their employment with ORIC in June 2025.

DALLAS, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSHA) (Taysha or the Company), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on advancing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for severe monogenic diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), today announced that, on July 1, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Taysha's Board of Directors granted two new employees, in the aggregate, options to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company's common stock in connection with their employment. The stock options were granted under the Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan as an inducement material to the individuals entering employment with Taysha in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

WALTHAM, Mass., July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xilio Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing tumor-activated immuno-oncology therapies for people living with cancer, today announced that, effective July 1, 2025, the company granted non-qualified stock options to purchase 10,700 shares of its common stock to two new employees under Xilio Therapeutics’ 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan.

In accordance with the Remuneration Policy of Alvotech (the “Company”), which was approved at the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) on June 6, 2023, at the 2025 AGM held on June 25, 2025, four independent board directors each received a stock option grant allowing the purchase of up to 24,784 Alvotech shares.

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.

WOODLAND PARK, N.J., June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Anterix (NASDAQ: ATEX) today announced fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and full fiscal year financial results and filed its 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2025. The Company also issued an update on its Demonstrated Intent metric which can be found on Anterix’s website at https://investors.anterix.com/events-presentations.