VANCOUVER, Wash. and NEW YORK, March 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Absci Corporation (Nasdaq: ABSI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing breakthrough therapeutics designed with generative AI, today announced that on March 3, 2026, the company granted a non-statutory stock option to purchase an aggregate of 650,000 shares of its common stock to Dr. Ransi Somaratne in connection with his employment as Absci's Chief Medical Officer. The inducement grant was previously approved by the Compensation Committee of Absci's Board of Directors pursuant to Absci's 2023 Inducement Plan (the “Inducement Plan”), and is being made as an inducement material to the new employee's acceptance of employment with the company in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
