Geron Corporation Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $GERN--Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, today reported that it has granted equity awards covering an aggregate of 1,116,000 shares of its common stock, consisting of stock options to purchase an aggregate of 744,000 shares of common stock, and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing an aggregate of 372,000 shares of common stock, to 16 newly hired employees as an inducement material to their acceptance of employm