Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 27, 2016

GALENA BIOPHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-33958	20-8099512
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

	2000 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 380, San Ramon, CA 94583
	(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 855-4253

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8.01	Other Events

NeuVax™ (nelipepimut-S) PRESENT Clinical Trial

On June 29, 2016, Galena Biopharma, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it had received the recommendation from the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) on the interim analysis for the Company’s Phase 3 PRESENT ( P revention of R ecurrence in E arly- S tage, Node-Positive Breast Cancer with Low to Intermediate HER2 E xpression with NeuVax T reatment) clinical trial. A copy of the above referenced press release and the letter from the IDMC are filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The Company will stop the PRESENT Trial and evaluate its other clinical development programs.



Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits




Exhibit No.			Description

99.1			Press Release of Galena Biopharma, Inc. dated June 29, 2016.

99.2			Letter from the Independent Data Monitoring Committee dated June 27, 2016.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.