Mirum Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
January 10 2025 - 5:30PM
Business Wire
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIRM) today announced that
on January 10, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Mirum’s Board of
Directors granted inducement awards consisting of non-qualified
stock options to purchase 53,900 shares of common stock and 26,950
restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to eight 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).
Each stock option has an exercise price per share equal to
$41.32 per share, Mirum’s closing trading price on January 10,
2025, and will vest over four years, with 25% of the underlying
shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the applicable
vesting commencement date and the balance of the underlying shares
vesting monthly thereafter over 36 months, subject to the new
employees’ continued service relationship with Mirum through the
applicable vesting dates. The RSUs will vest over three years, with
33% of the underlying shares vesting on each anniversary of the
applicable vesting commencement date, subject to the new employees’
continued service relationship with Mirum through the applicable
vesting dates. The awards are subject to the terms and conditions
of Mirum’s 2020 Inducement Plan and the terms and conditions of an
applicable award agreement covering the grant.
About Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company
dedicated to transforming the treatment of rare diseases affecting
children and adults. Mirum has three approved medications:
LIVMARLI® (maralixibat) oral solution, CHOLBAM® (cholic acid)
capsules, and CHENODAL® (chenodiol) tablets.
LIVMARLI, an IBAT inhibitor, is approved for the treatment of
two rare liver diseases affecting children and adults. It is
approved for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in patients with
Alagille syndrome in the U.S. (three months and older), in Europe
(two months and older), and in other regions globally. It is also
approved in the U.S. in cholestatic pruritus in PFIC patients 12
months of age and older; in Europe, it is approved for patients
with PFIC three months of age and older. Mirum is also initiating
the Phase 3 EXPAND study, a label expansion opportunity for
LIVMARLI in additional settings of cholestatic pruritus. CHOLBAM is
FDA-approved for the treatment of bile acid synthesis disorders due
to single enzyme deficiencies and adjunctive treatment of
peroxisomal disorders in patients who show signs or symptoms of
liver disease. CHENODAL has received medical necessity recognition
by the FDA to treat patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
(CTX).
Mirum's late-stage pipeline includes investigational treatments
for several rare diseases. Volixibat, an IBAT inhibitor, is being
evaluated in two potentially registrational studies including the
Phase 2 VISTAS study for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and
Phase 2b VANTAGE study for primary biliary cholangitis. Volixibat
has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the treatment
of cholestatic pruritus in patients with PBC. Chenodiol, has been
evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical study, RESTORE, to treat patients
with CTX, with positive topline results reported in 2023. Mirum has
submitted a new drug application with the FDA for the approval of
chenodiol to treat CTX in the U.S. Lastly, Mirum is planning for a
Phase 2 study evaluating MRM-3379, a PDE4D inhibitor for the
treatment of Fragile X syndrome, a rare genetic neurocognitive
disorder.
To learn more about Mirum, visit mirumpharma.com and follow
Mirum on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter (X).
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