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(NYSE:AI) REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C3.ai, Inc. (“C3 AI,” “C3,” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AI), the Enterprise AI application software company, today announced that it granted to Stephen Ehikian, C3 AI’s recently-appointed Chief Executive Officer, the below described equity awards under its 2025 Inducement Plan. Effective September 15, 2025, Mr. Ehikian was granted (1) a restricted stock unit award covering 1,140,902 shares of C3 AI’s Class A common stock (the “Ehikian RSU Award”) and (2) an o

(NASDAQ:GOSS) SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gossamer Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOSS), a late-stage, clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of seralutinib for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), today announced that the Compensation Committee of Gossamer’s Board of Directors approved the grant, effective September 5th, 2025, to two non-executive employees of non-qualified stock

(NASDAQ:CRNX) SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX) today announced that on September 10, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock option awards to purchase an aggregate of 62,475 shares of its common stock and granted an aggregate of 43,800 restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards to 20 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).

(NASDAQ:AVDL) DUBLIN, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: AVDL), a company focused on transforming medicines to transform lives, today announced that the Compensation Committee of Avadel’s Board of Directors approved the grant of non-statutory options to five (5) new employees to purchase 165,520 ordinary shares under Avadel’s 2021 Inducement Plan. The awards were granted as an inducement material to the employee’s acceptance of employment with Avadel in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The options have a ten-year term and vest over four years, with 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of each new employee’s respective start date and 25% vesting on the second, third, and fourth anniversary thereafter. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of Avadel’s 2021 Inducement Plan approved by the Board of Directors in November 2021 and the terms and conditions of award agreements covering the grants.

(NASDAQ:BBIO) PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) (“BridgeBio” or the “Company”), a new type of biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases, today announced that the compensation committee of its board of directors (the “committee”) approved equity grants in the form of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to new employees under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2019 Inducement Equity Plan (the “Plan”). The committee approved: (i) on September 5, 2025, RSU grants covering an aggregate of 33,684 shares of the Company’s common stock to 13 new employees; (ii) on August 4, 2025, RSU grants covering an aggregate of 32,145 shares of the Company’s common stock to 16 new employees; and (iii) on July 14, 2025, RSU grants covering an aggregate of 73,991 shares of the Company’s common stock to 20 new employees. One-fourth of the shares underlying these RSUs will vest on August 16, 2026, with the remaining shares vesting in equal quarterly installm

(NYSE:RCUS) HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (NYSE:RCUS), a clinical-stage, global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing differentiated molecules and combination therapies for people with cancer, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted three new employees options to purchase a total of 19,300 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price per share of $12.19, which was the closing price on September 8, 2025, a

(NASDAQ:ACAD) SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD) today announced that on September 4, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Acadia’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of non-qualified stock options to purchase 161,676 shares of common stock and 49,363 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to eighteen new employees under Acadia’s 2024 Inducement Plan. The Compensation Committee approved the awards as an inducement material to the new employee

(NASDAQ:PBYI) LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBYI), a biopharmaceutical company, announced that on September 2, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Puma’s Board of Directors approved the grant of inducement restricted stock unit awards covering 25,750 shares of Puma common stock to four new non-executive employees. The awards were granted under Puma’s 2017 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, which was adopted on April 27, 2017 and provides for the granting of equity a

(NASDAQ:IMNM) BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Immunome, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: IMNM), a biotechnology company focused on developing first-in-class and best-in-class targeted cancer therapies, announced today that on Sept. 2, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of non-statutory stock options to purchase an aggregate of 117,000 shares of common stock to 8 new employees under the Company’s 2024 Inducemen

(NASDAQ:MDGL) CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Sept. 04, 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 September 1, 2025 to 17 new non-executive employees as equity inducement awards under the terms of Madrigal’s 2025 Inducement Plan. The equity awards were approved by Madrigal’s independent Compensation Committee in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

(RNCH) VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ranchero Gold Corp. (“Ranchero” or the “Company”) (TSX.V:RNCH) announces that it has issued 2,000,000 restricted share units ("RSUs") to certain directors and officers of the Company pursuant to its Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.

(NASDAQ:PLSE) HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLSE), a company leveraging its novel and proprietary Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation™ (nanosecond PFA or nsPFA™) technology, today announced that the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors has granted equity awards to two new employees as equity inducement awards outside of the Company's 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, but under the terms of the 2017 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan. The equity awards were approved and i

(NASDAQ:KALV) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SALISBURY, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KALV), today announced that the compensation committee of KalVista’s board of directors granted two newly-hired employees inducement options to purchase an aggregate of 5,000 shares of KalVista common stock on September 1, 2025 as inducements material to each employee entering into employment with KalVista. The options have an exercise price that is equal to the closing price of KalVista common stock

(NASDAQ:FATE) SAN DIEGO, Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing a first-in-class pipeline of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cellular immunotherapies to patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced that on September 2, 2025 the Company granted (i) non-qualified stock options to one newly-hired non-executive employee to purchase a total of 45,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price per share of $1.03, which was the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock as reported by NASDAQ on September 2, 2025, the options grant date, and (ii) restricted stock units (RSUs) representing 63,000 shares of its common stock to two newly-hired non-executive employees, including the newly-hired employee receiving the non-qualified stock options referenced above. The grants were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and

(NASDAQ:PRAX) BOSTON, Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRAX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders characterized by neuronal excitation-inhibition imbalance, today announced that on September 2, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Praxis’ Board of Directors granted restricted stock unit awards covering an aggregate of 6,238 shares of its common stock to eight new non-executive employees under the Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. 2024 Inducement Plan (the 2024 Inducement Plan). The restricted stock unit awards were granted as inducements material to the employees’ entering into employment with Praxis in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

(NASDAQ:VRDN) WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRDN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing potential best-in-class medicines for serious and rare diseases, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the company’s Board of Directors, made up entirely of independent directors, approved the grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 139,600 shares of the company’s common stock to 4 new employees (th

New Salary Report Reveals a Resilient but Cautious Outlook for Compensation NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid widespread economic uncertainty, employees at US corporations have reason to breathe a small sigh of relief. A new study projects next year's pay raise budgets to be on...

BOSTON, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl Meyer has expanded its technology executive compensation practice with the addition of Will Cockle as a managing director. Based in San Francisco, Cockle brings extensive experience advising boards and management teams at technology, life...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #APP--SullivanCotter, the nation’s leading independent consulting firm in the assessment and development of total rewards programs, workforce solutions, and data products for health care and not-for-profits, has released the latest benchmarks from its 2025 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey. This year’s results show that the median base pay for health care staff positions rose 4.3% in 2025, up from 2.7% in 2024 — a notable increase reflecting ongoing labor market pressure

(NASDAQ:BCRX) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that the compensation committee of BioCryst’s board of directors granted nine newly-hired employees stock options to purchase an aggregate of 36,700 shares, and restricted stock units (RSUs) covering an aggregate of 71,400 shares, of BioCryst common stock. The options and RSUs were granted as of September 2, 2025, as inducements material to each employee entering into employment with BioCryst. The options and RSUs were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).