8-K

 

 

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): March 17, 2015

 

 

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-31918   04-3072298
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

167 Sidney Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts

  02139
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 679-5500

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 17, 2015, Louis Brenner, M.D. resigned his positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to accept a new role as the Chief Operating Officer of a privately-held biotechnology company. This change will become effective April 3, 2015.


SIGNATURE

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

 

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: March 23, 2015 By: /s/ Louis J. Arcudi, III
Louis J. Arcudi, III
Senior Vice President of Operations, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer