On February 1, 2023 G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTHX), a commercial-stage oncology company, reported the grant of inducement stock options exercisable for 2,800 shares of G1’s common stock and 1,400 restricted stock units (RSUs) to one hired employee under the Amended and Restated G1 Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the "Amended and Restated 2021 Plan") (Press release, G1 Therapeutics, FEB 1, 2023, View Source [SID1234626706]). These equity awards were granted as an inducement material to the new employee becoming an employee of G1 in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

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The Amended and Restated 2021 Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously employees of G1 (or following a bona fide period of non-employment), as an inducement material to such individual’s entering into employment with G1, pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

The stock options are exercisable at a price of $8.16 per share, the closing price of G1’s common stock on February 1, 2023, the grant date. The stock options have up to a ten-year term and vest over four years, with 25% of the award vesting on the first anniversary of the employee’s employment, and as to an additional 1/48th of the shares monthly thereafter, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting dates (subject to the terms and conditions of the stock option agreement covering the grant). The RSUs have a four-year term, with 25% of the award vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date, and the remainder vesting 12.5% semi-annually over the remaining three years, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting dates (subject to the terms and conditions of the RSU agreement covering the grant). The stock options and RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated 2021 Plan.

On February 1, 2023 F-star Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), reported that invoX Pharma Limited, a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("Parent") and Fennec Acquisition Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser" and together with the Company and Parent, the "Parties"), entered into Amendment No. 5 ("Amendment No. 5") to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 22, 2022, and as amended, by and among the Parties and Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as "Guarantor" (the "Merger Agreement") (Filing, 8-K, F-star, FEB 1, 2023, View Source [SID1234626704]). Capitalized terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K without being defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.

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The purpose of Amendment No. 5 is to extend the End Date of the Merger Agreement in order to provide additional time for the Parties to complete negotiations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") on the definitive terms of a mitigation agreement and to complete the ongoing tender offer (the "Offer") whose expiration date has been extended to February 8, 2023, unless further extended, as described below.

The Parties believe they are in the late stages of negotiating definitive terms of such mitigation agreement in order to permit the removal of CFIUS’s Interim Order. However, there can be no assurances that the Parties will reach agreement with CFIUS on a mitigation agreement.

Other than as expressly modified pursuant to Amendment No. 5, the Merger Agreement, which was previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by the Company on June 23, 2022, remains in full force and effect as originally executed on June 22, 2022, as amended. The foregoing description of Amendment No. 5 does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of Amendment No. 5 attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

On February 1, 2023 Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, reported that the company plans to release its fourth quarter 2022 financial results after the close of the U.S. financial markets on February 21, 2023 (Press release, Exact Sciences, FEB 1, 2023, View Source [SID1234626703]). Following the release, company management will host a webcast and conference call at 5 p.m. ET to discuss financial results and business progress.

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Fourth quarter 2022 webcast & conference call details

Date:

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Time:

5 p.m. ET

Webcast:

The live webcast can be accessed at www.exactsciences.com

Telephone:

Domestic callers, dial 888-330-2384

International callers, dial +1 240-789-2701

Access code for both domestic and international callers: 4437608

An archive of the webcast will be available at www.exactsciences.com. A replay of the conference call will be available by calling 800-770-2030 domestically or +1 647-362-9199 internationally. The access code for the replay of the call is 4437608. The webcast, conference call, and replay are open to all interested parties.

On February 1, 2023 Enveric Biosciences (NASDAQ: ENVB) ("Enveric" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company dedicated to the development of novel small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of anxiety, depression, and addiction disorders, reported that CEO Joseph Tucker, Ph.D., will present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference being held February 6-9, 2023, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City (Press release, Enveric Biosciences, FEB 1, 2023, View Source [SID1234626702]).

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Details of the presentation are as follows:

Event:

BIO CEO & Investor Conference

Date:

Monday, February 6, 2023

Time:

3:00 p.m., EST

Location:

Winter Garden Room, Marriott Marquis, New York City

During the conference, members of Enveric’s management team will conduct one-on-one meetings with registered investors and pharmaceutical companies, showcasing the company’s business and clinical development strategy, recent corporate achievements, and anticipated milestones.

On February 1, 2023 Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. ("Ensysce" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:ENSC)(OTC PINK:ENSCW), a clinical-stage biotech company applying transformative chemistry to improve prescription drug safety to reduce abuse and overdose, reported that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of 0.001 of a share of newly-designated Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, for each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock held of record as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 13, 2023 (Press release, Ensysce Biosciences, FEB 1, 2023, View Source [SID1234626701]). The outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock will vote together with the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, as a single class, exclusively with respect to a reverse stock split, as well as any proposal to adjourn any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of voting on the reverse stock split, and will not be entitled to vote on any other matter, except to the extent required under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Subject to certain limitations, each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock will have 1,000,000 votes per share (or 1,000 votes per 0.001 of a share of Series A Preferred Stock).

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All shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are not present in person or by proxy at the meeting of stockholders held to vote on the reverse stock split as of immediately prior to the opening of the polls at such meeting will automatically be redeemed by the Company. Any outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have not been so redeemed will be redeemed if such redemption is ordered by the Company’s Board of Directors or automatically upon the effectiveness of the amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation effecting the reverse stock split.

The Series A Preferred Stock will be uncertificated, with no shares of Series A Preferred Stock transferable by any holder thereof except in connection with a transfer by such holder of any shares of the Company’s common stock held by such holder. In that case, a number of one one-thousandths (1/1000ths) of a share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock to be transferred by such holder would be transferred to the transferee of such shares of common stock.

Further details regarding the Series A Preferred Stock will be contained in a Forms 8-K and 8-A to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.