Strongbridge Biopharma plc Announces New Employment Inducement Awards
Strongbridge Biopharma (SBBP) announced the approval of inducement equity awards to ten new employees, comprising a total of 154,800 non-qualified stock options. These options serve as a material incentive for joining the Company, in line with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Each option's exercise price matches the closing share price on the grant date. The options will vest over four years, with a one-year cliff. Strongbridge focuses on developing therapies for rare diseases, including their products RECORLEV and KEVEYIS.
- Approval of inducement equity awards for ten new employees, enhancing workforce.
- Total of 154,800 stock options granted, indicating potential long-term investment in human capital.
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DUBLIN, Ireland and TREVOSE, Pa., Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strongbridge Biopharma plc, (Nasdaq: SBBP), a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for rare diseases with significant unmet needs, today announced that it has approved inducement equity awards to ten individuals who have recently become, or are expected to become, employees of the Company.
The inducement awards are being made in the form of non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 154,800 ordinary shares of the Company, and are being made as a material inducement to these individuals to enter into employment with the Company pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The exercise price for each of the options is equal to the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares on the grant date. One quarter of each of the options will vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date of such option and the remaining three quarters will vest in 12 equal quarterly installments following the one-year anniversary of the grant date, subject to the employee’s continuous employment with the Company. The options will have a ten-year term. The options will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2017 Inducement Plan, pursuant to which the options have been granted.
About Strongbridge Biopharma
Strongbridge Biopharma is a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for rare diseases with significant unmet needs. Strongbridge’s rare endocrine franchise includes RECORLEV® (levoketoconazole), a cortisol synthesis inhibitor currently being studied in Phase 3 clinical studies for the treatment of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome, and veldoreotide extended release, a pre-clinical next-generation somatostatin analog being investigated for the treatment of acromegaly and potential additional applications in other conditions amenable to somatostatin receptor activation. Both RECORLEV and veldoreotide have received orphan drug designation from the FDA and the European Medicines Agency. The Company’s rare neuromuscular franchise includes KEVEYIS® (dichlorphenamide), the first and only FDA-approved treatment for hyperkalemic, hypokalemic, and related variants of primary periodic paralysis. KEVEYIS has orphan drug exclusivity in the United States.
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