Form 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): September 13, 2010

CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Delaware   0-50626   91-1707622
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
200 Connell Drive, Suite 1500
Berkeley Heights, NJ
  07922
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 517-7330

 
 
(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:

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On September 13, 2010, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has reached agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding a Special Protocol Assessment on the design of a pivotal Phase 3 trial for the Company’s sapacitabine oral capsules as a front-line treatment in elderly patients aged 70 years or older with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia who are not candidates for intensive induction chemotherapy. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01  
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  
The following exhibit is furnished with this Report:
     
Exhibit No.
  Description
 
   
99.1
  Press Release dated September 13, 2010

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

     
  By: /s/ Paul McBarron
 
   
  Name: Paul McBarron
Title: Executive Vice President—Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Date: September 13, 2010

 

 

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