Buffalo, New York 10/1/2009 7:25:00 AM
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The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) Issues Inducement Stock Options

Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) recently announced that in accordance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5635, the Company issued new inducement stock options to five new hires. The inducement stock options cover 12,800 shares of common stock and are classified as non-qualified stock options with an exercise price equal to the fair market value on the grant date.

 

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The options have a 10-year term and vest over four years as follows: 25 percent of these options will vest on the date one year from the optionee's hire date, the remainder will vest in monthly increments during the following 36 months (in all cases subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's 2009 Equity Inducement Plan). The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) is focused on advancing the treatment of critical care patients through the delivery of innovative, cost-effective medicines to the worldwide hospital marketplace. The Company markets Angiomax® (bivalirudin) in the United States and other countries for use in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty, and Cleviprex® (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion in the United States for the reduction of blood pressure when oral therapy is not feasible or not desirable. The Company also has two products in late stage development, cangrelor, an investigational antiplatelet agent and oritavancin, a semi-synthetic lipoglycopeptide antibiotic currently awaiting EU regulatory approval. The Company's pipeline also includes a serine protease inhibitor, CU2010, in early-stage development. The Medicines Company's website is www.themedicinescompany.com.

 

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