Strongbridge Biopharma plc Announces New Employment Inducement Awards

DUBLIN, Ireland and TREVOSE, Pa., Dec. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strongbridge Biopharma plc, 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 21 individuals who have recently become, or are expected to become, non-executive employees of the Company. 

The inducement awards are being made in the form of non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 391,650 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 of the options will be equal to the closing price of the Company's ordinary shares on the grant date. One quarter of the options will vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remaining three quarters of the options 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, or will be, 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 first commercial product is KEVEYIS® (dichlorphenamide), the first and only FDA-approved treatment for hyperkalemic, hypokalemic, and related variants of Primary Periodic Paralysis. KEVEYIS has orphan drug exclusivity status in the U.S. through August 7, 2022. In addition to establishing this neuromuscular disease franchise, the Company has a clinical-stage pipeline of therapies for rare endocrine diseases. Strongbridge's lead compounds include RECORLEV™ (levoketoconazole), a cortisol synthesis inhibitor currently being studied for the treatment of endogenous Cushing's syndrome, and veldoreotide, a next-generation somatostatin analog being investigated for the treatment of acromegaly, with potential additional applications in Cushing's syndrome and neuroendocrine tumors. Both RECORLEV and veldoreotide have received orphan designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. For more information, visit www.strongbridgebio.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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