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): December 11, 2018

INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada

001-37357

30-0565645

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

100 Cummings Center, Suite 151-B Beverly, Massachusetts		01915
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 921-4125

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 11, 2018, Dr. Krishna Menon resigned from his position as a director of Innovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately. His resignation was not a result of any disagreement with the Company.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 14, 2018, the Company completed its review of preliminary topline results for its Phase 2b clinical trial of oral Prurisol in moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis. Data was received the previous week.

The investigational treatment Prurisol did not meet the primary endpoint in either treatment arm (300mg and 400mg) assessed as a measure of efficacy (active versus control) using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) scale—specifically, the proportion of subjects achieving at least a 75 percent reduction from baseline in PASI score (PASI75) at Week 12.

While additional analysis of the Prurisol data is planned, based on these trial results, the Company will discontinue the Prurisol psoriasis program, focusing development efforts on advancing its other clinical assets, Kevetrin and Brilacidin, both of which have shown therapeutic potential in treating multiple indications.

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.

	INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

Dated: December 17, 2018	By:	/s/ Leo Ehrlich
	Name:	Leo Ehrlich
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer