Mirum Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Mirum Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MIRM) announced that its Board's Compensation Committee granted non-qualified stock options for 146,400 shares to 10 new employees as part of the 2020 Inducement Plan. The exercise price is set at $16.61, Mirum's closing price on July 12, 2021, with a four-year vesting schedule. Mirum is focused on developing therapies for liver diseases, with lead candidate maralixibat under FDA review for cholestatic pruritus in Alagille syndrome and ongoing projects in pediatric PFIC. The company is also expanding its pipeline through gene therapy programs.
- Non-qualified stock options granted for 146,400 shares to new employees as an inducement, enhancing recruitment.
- Lead product candidate maralixibat is under FDA priority review with a PDUFA action date of September 29, 2021.
- Acquired exclusive option for developing two gene therapy programs, expanding the product pipeline.
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Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIRM) today announced that on July 12, 2021, the Compensation Committee of Mirum’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock option awards to purchase an aggregate of 146,400 shares of common stock to 10 new employees under Mirum’s 2020 Inducement Plan. The Compensation Committee of Mirum’s Board of Directors approved the awards as an inducement material to the new employees’ employment in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
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About Mirum
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a late-stage pipeline of novel therapies for debilitating liver diseases. Mirum’s lead product candidate, maralixibat, is an investigational oral drug in development for Alagille syndrome (ALGS), progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), and biliary atresia. Mirum has submitted an NDA for maralixibat in the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in patients with ALGS. The NDA has been accepted for priority review by the FDA with a PDUFA action date of September 29, 2021. Additionally, Mirum’s marketing authorization application for the treatment of pediatric patients with PFIC2 has been accepted for review (validated) by the European Medicines Agency. Mirum is also developing volixibat, also an oral ASBT-inhibitor, in primary sclerosing cholangitis, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, and primary biliary cholangitis. For more information, visit MirumPharma.com.
To augment its pipeline in cholestatic liver disease, Mirum has acquired the exclusive option to develop and commercialize two gene therapy programs, VTX-803 and VTX-802 for PFIC3 and PFIC2, respectively, from Vivet Therapeutics, following preclinical evaluation and IND-enabling studies.
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