BOSTON, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inozyme Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: INZY) (Company or Inozyme), a clinical-stage rare disease biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of pathologic mineralization and intimal proliferation, today announced that it granted stock options to three new employees to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, pursuant to the Company's 2023 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, as inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with the Company in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The Company's compensation committee granted nonstatutory stock options to purchase up to an aggregate of 80,000 shares of the Company's common stock to the new employees on April 2, 2024, at an exercise price of $6.93 per share, the closing price per share of the Company's common stock as reported by Nasdaq on April 2, 2024. The options have a 10-year term and vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the employee's start date and 2.0833% of the shares underlying the option vesting monthly thereafter, subject to such employee's continued service to the Company through the applicable vesting dates.
About Inozyme Pharma
Inozyme Pharma, Inc. is a clinical-stage rare disease biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of diseases impacting the vasculature, soft tissue, and skeleton. Inozyme is developing INZ-701, an enzyme replacement therapy, to address pathologic mineralization and intimal proliferation which can drive morbidity and mortality in these severe diseases. INZ-701 is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of ENPP1 Deficiency, ABCC6 Deficiency, and calciphylaxis.
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