MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dermira, Inc. (NASDAQ:DERM), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing biotech ingenuity to medical dermatology by delivering differentiated, new therapies to the millions of patients living with chronic skin conditions, today announced that on February 7, 2018, the company granted inducement awards to 16 new employees. The grants were made pursuant to Dermira’s 2018 Equity Inducement Plan as an inducement material to the employees’ acceptance of employment with Dermira and were approved by the Compensation Committee of Dermira’s Board of Directors in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

The company granted restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) representing an aggregate of 19,600 shares of Dermira common stock and stock options to purchase an aggregate of 254,075 shares of Dermira common stock. One-third of the total number of shares subject to the RSUs will vest on March 5, 2019 and annually thereafter until fully vested on the third anniversary, subject to the employee’s continued service with Dermira on each such vesting date. One-fourth of the total number of shares underlying the stock options will vest on the one-year anniversary of the employee’s date of hire and 1/48^th of the total number of shares underlying the stock options will vest each month thereafter until fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the employee’s date of hire, subject to the employee’s continued service with Dermira on each such vesting date. The stock options have a term of ten years and an exercise price of $27.96 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Dermira’s common stock on the grant date as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

About Dermira
Dermira is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing biotech ingenuity to medical dermatology by delivering differentiated, new therapies to the millions of patients living with chronic skin conditions. Dermira is committed to understanding the needs of both patients and physicians and using its insight to identify and develop leading-edge medical dermatology programs. Dermira’s pipeline includes three late-stage product candidates that could have a profound impact on the lives of patients: glycopyrronium tosylate (formerly DRM04), for which a New Drug Application is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of primary axillary hyperhidrosis (excessive underarm sweating beyond what is needed for normal body temperature regulation); olumacostat glasaretil (formerly DRM01), in Phase 3 development for the treatment of acne vulgaris; and lebrikizumab, in Phase 2b development for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. Dermira is headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif.  For more information, please visit http://www.dermira.com. Follow @DermiraInc on Twitter and LinkedIn.

In addition to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), press releases, public conference calls and webcasts, Dermira uses its website (www.dermira.com), LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/dermira-inc) and corporate Twitter account (@DermiraInc) as channels of distribution of information about its company, product candidates, planned financial and other announcements, attendance at upcoming investor and industry conferences and other matters. Such information may be deemed material information and Dermira may use these channels to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Therefore, investors should monitor Dermira’s website, LinkedIn page and Twitter account in addition to following its SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts.

Contacts:

Media:
Erica Jefferson
Vice President, Corporate Communications 
650-421-7216 
media@dermira.com

Investors:
Ian Clements, Ph.D.
Vice President, Investor Relations
650-422-7753
investor@dermira.com

Robert H. Uhl
Westwicke Partners
Managing Director
858-356-5932
robert.uhl@westwicke.com