$Assembly Biosciences Inc.(ASMB)$Infectious disease has definitely been on everyone’s radar for the past couple of years. And while corona made the headlines, it’s hardly the only serious pathogen out there. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has long been known as a serious public health matter. The virus causes chronic, progressive, and severe liver disease, and while vaccines can prevent infection and transmission, there are few fully effective treatments available for patients suffering with the disease. Assembly Biosciences aims to change that situation.The company has an active research pipeline, featuring no fewer than three core inhibitor drug candidates. This is a new class of drugs, designed to interfere with the virus life cycle by blocking the virus
$Assembly Biosciences Inc.(ASMB)$SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASMB), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting hepatitis B virus (HBV) and other viral diseases, today announced grants of stock options to two new employees to purchase an aggregate of 7,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $2.45 per share, the closing price of Assembly Bio’s common stock on January 3, 2022. The stock options were granted as material inducements to the new employees to accept the Company’s offers of employment.The stock options have a ten-year term and vest over four years, with one-fourth vesting on the first anniversary of the d