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Elicio Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants

Key Takeaway: Elicio Therapeutics announced the grant of 157,193 inducement stock options to three new employees as part of its employment agreements. This decision complies with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and was approved by the company’s Board of Directors. The stock options, priced at $8.52 each, will vest over four years. Elicio continues to advance its immunotherapy pipeline, particularly focusing on treatments for high-prevalence cancers, showcasing ongoing clinical successes.

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POSITIVE FACTORS

  • Elicio Therapeutics is expanding its workforce by granting stock options, indicating growth and confidence in its future.
  • The company's lead program, ELI-002, shows promising results in terms of median recurrence-free and overall survival for cancer patients.
  • Elicio is focusing on off-the-shelf immunotherapies, which could lead to faster availability and lower costs for patients.

Full Press Release Details

BOSTON, Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELTX, “Elicio” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on December 15, 2025, Elicio granted an aggregate of 157,193 inducement stock options to three new employees, as an inducement material to each individual entering into employment with Elicio in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The inducement stock options were approved by the Compensation Committee of Elicio’s Board of Directors and granted under the Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. 2024 Inducement Incentive Award Plan.
Each grant provides for the purchase of shares of Elicio common stock at a price of $8.52 per share, the closing price per share of Elicio common stock as reported by Nasdaq on December 15, 2025, the date of grant.
The grants vest over four years, with 25 percent of the shares vesting on the first anniversary of each employee’s respective start date, and the remainder vesting ratably at the end of each subsequent month thereafter, subject to such employee’s continued service relationship with Elicio through the applicable vesting dates.
About Elicio Therapeutics
Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELTX) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing novel immunotherapies for the treatment of high-prevalence cancers, including mKRAS-positive pancreatic and colorectal cancers. Elicio intends to build on recent clinical successes in the personalized cancer immunotherapy space to develop effective, off-the-shelf immunotherapies. Elicio’s Amphiphile (“AMP”) technology aims to enhance the education, activation and amplification of cancer-specific T cells relative to conventional immunotherapy strategies, with the goal of promoting durable cancer immunosurveillance in patients. Elicio’s ELI-002 lead program is an off-the-shelf immunotherapy candidate targeting the most common KRAS mutations, which drives approximately 25% of all solid tumors. Off-the-shelf immunotherapy approaches have the potential benefits of low cost, rapid commercial scale manufacturing, and rapid availability of drug to patients especially in neo-adjuvant settings and for prophylaxis in high-risk patients, contrary to personalized immunotherapy approaches. ELI-002 is being studied in an ongoing, randomized clinical trial in patients with mKRAS-positive pancreatic cancer who completed standard therapy but remain at high risk of relapse. ELI-002 also has been studied in patients with mKRAS-positive colorectal cancer (“CRC”) in Phase 1 studies. The updated AMPLIFY-201 Phase 1 data for PDAC and CRC was presented at the ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress 2024 and included a 16.3-month median recurrence-free survival and 28.9-month median overall survival for the full study population. In the future, Elicio plans to expand ELI-002 to other indications including mKRAS positive lung cancer and other mKRAS positive cancers. Elicio’s pipeline includes additional off-the-shelf therapeutic cancer immunotherapy candidates, including ELI-007 and ELI-008, that target BRAF-driven cancers and p53 hotspot mutations, respectively. For more information, please visit www.elicio.com.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the recent stock options granted by Elicio Therapeutics?

Elicio Therapeutics granted 157,193 inducement stock options to three new employees.

What is the price per share for the stock options?

The stock options were granted at a price of $8.52 per share.

How do the stock options vest for new employees?

The options vest over four years, with 25% vesting after the first year.

What is Elicio Therapeutics focused on developing?

Elicio focuses on novel immunotherapies for treating high-prevalence cancers.

What is ELI-002 targeting in its clinical trials?

ELI-002 targets mKRAS-positive pancreatic cancer and other KRAS-associated tumors.

Last updated: Dec 16, 2025