Current Report Filing (8-k)
January 08 2018 - 8:17AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): December 28, 2017
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-14888
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33-0969592
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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660 W. Germantown Pike, Suite 110
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(267) 440-4200
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this
chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
On December 28, 2017, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
Registrant
) received a $7.0 million milestone payment from its collaborator MedImmune, Limited under the parties License and Collaboration Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2015. Under this collaboration
agreement, MedImmune has licensed the rights to MEDI0457 (formerly called INO-3112 (VGX-3100 plus IL-12)), as a potential cancer treatment. MedImmune, the global research and development arm of AstraZeneca, is evaluating MEDI0457, in combination
with MedImmunes PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor, durvalumab, in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cancer associated with human papillomavirus. The $7.0 million milestone payment from
MedImmune to the Registrant was triggered by the initiation of the Phase 2 portion of this ongoing clinical trial.
On January 8, 2018, the
Registrant issued a press release announcing the advancement of MEDI0457 into Phase 2 and the receipt of the milestone payment. A copy of this press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this 8-K Report.
Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
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.
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INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Date: January 8, 2018
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By:
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/s/ Peter Kies
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Peter Kies
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Chief Financial Officer
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