SAN DIEGO, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced that on February 26, 2010 the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of inducement stock options to purchase a total of 24,000 shares of common stock to two new employees.
