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Stock-Based Compensation Expense
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation Expense

5. Stock-Based Compensation Expense

A summary of the restricted stock unit activity under the Plans for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was as follows:

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-
Average
Grant Date Fair Value

 

Restricted stock units outstanding as of December 31, 2022

 

 

28,212

 

 

$

4.78

 

Granted

 

 

270,716

 

 

$

2.85

 

Vested

 

 

(7,041

)

 

$

4.78

 

Forfeited

 

 

(31,271

)

 

$

2.85

 

Restricted stock units outstanding as of March 31, 2023

 

 

260,616

 

 

$

3.01

 

 

A summary of the stock option activity under the Plans for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was as follows:

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price

 

 

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(in years)

 

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in thousands)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2022

 

 

4,311,333

 

 

$

7.07

 

 

 

8.2

 

 

$

378

 

Granted

 

 

1,424,630

 

 

 

2.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(2,115

)

 

 

2.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelled

 

 

(238,022

)

 

 

7.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2023

 

 

5,495,826

 

 

$

5.95

 

 

 

8.5

 

 

$

57

 

The fair value of each stock option granted to employees, directors and non-employees was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model in the case of the options granted to executive officers, with the following weighted-average assumptions for the three months ended March 31:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

3.7

%

 

 

2.0

%

Expected dividend yield

 

 

%

 

 

%

Expected term (in years)

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

4.2

 

Expected volatility

 

 

83.3

%

 

 

80.8

%

The weighted-average fair value of options granted to employees, directors and non-employees during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $2.00 and $2.84, respectively.

Stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Research and development

 

$

284

 

 

$

227

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,326

 

 

 

617

 

Total

 

$

1,610

 

 

$

844

 

Unrecognized share-based compensation related to stock-based options amounted to $10.1 million at March 31, 2023 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.55 years. Unrecognized share-based compensation related to restricted stock units amounted to $0.7 million at March 31, 2023 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3.72 years.

At March 31, 2023, there were 1,486,622 shares available for grant under the Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan and 280,000 shares available for grant under the Company’s 2022 Inducement Award Plan.