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4DMT Announces New Employment Inducement Grants - January 17, 2026

Key Takeaway: 4D Molecular Therapeutics announced the granting of 23,600 Restricted Stock Units to four new non-executive employees as part of its 2025 Employment Inducement Award Plan. This initiative aims to attract talent to support the company's innovative therapeutic developments, including its lead product candidate, 4D-150, which is in Phase 3 trials for treating wet age-related macular degeneration.
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POSITIVE FACTORS

  • 4DMT granted 23,600 RSUs to new employees, indicating growth.
  • The company's lead product candidate is in Phase 3 development.
  • 4DMT focuses on innovative therapies for significant health issues.

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Best trade, last catalyst
+128%
120-day peak, hindsight
Typical move
11.2%
average across 9 past catalysts
Cash runway
~18 mo
Low dilution risk
Lead asset
4D-150 IVT
Phase 3 · Macular Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Full Press Release Details

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 4D Molecular Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FDMT, 4DMT or the Company), a leading late-stage biotechnology company advancing durable and disease-targeted therapeutics with potential to transform treatment paradigms and provide unprecedented benefits to patients, today announced that on January 13, 2026, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors granted four new non-executive employees 23,600 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The RSUs were granted pursuant to the Company’s 2025 Employment Inducement Award Plan, which was approved by the Company’s board of directors in February 2025 under Rule 5635(c)(4) of The Nasdaq Global Market for equity grants to induce new employees to enter into employment with the Company.

About 4DMT

4DMT is a leading late-stage biotechnology company advancing durable and disease-targeted therapeutics with potential to transform treatment paradigms and provide unprecedented benefits to patients. The Company’s lead product candidate 4D-150 is designed to be a backbone therapy forming the foundation of treatment of blinding retinal vascular diseases by providing multi-year sustained delivery of anti-VEGF (aflibercept and anti-VEGF-C) with a single, safe, intravitreal injection, which substantially reduces the treatment burden associated with current bolus injections. The Company’s lead indication for 4D-150 is wet age-related macular degeneration, which is currently in Phase 3 development, and second indication is diabetic macular edema. The Company’s second product candidate is 4D-710, which is the first known genetic medicine to demonstrate successful delivery and expression of the CFTR transgene in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis after aerosol delivery. 4D Molecular Therapeutics™, 4DMT™, Therapeutic Vector Evolution™, and the 4DMT logo are trademarks of 4DMT.
All of the Company’s product candidates are in clinical or preclinical development and have not yet been approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other regulatory authority. No representation is made as to the safety or effectiveness of the Company’s product candidates for the therapeutic uses for which they are being studied.
Learn more atwww.4DMT.comand follow us onLinkedIn.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the employment inducement grants by 4DMT?

4DMT granted 23,600 Restricted Stock Units to four new non-executive employees.

What is the purpose of the RSUs granted by 4DMT?

The RSUs aim to attract new talent to support the company's therapeutic developments.

What is 4DMT's lead product candidate?

4DMT's lead product candidate is 4D-150, targeting wet age-related macular degeneration.

In which phase is 4D-150 currently?

4D-150 is currently in Phase 3 development.

Last updated: Jan 19, 2026