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): November 8, 2016

 

 

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

0-21898

(Commission

File Number)

 

Delaware   46-0408024

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

225 South Lake Avenue, Suite 1050, Pasadena, CA 91101

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (626) 304-3400

 

 

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)

 

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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)

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 8, 2016, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) that the FDA had placed the Company’s Heparc-2004 study of ARC-520 on clinical hold. A copy of the press release announcing the clinical hold is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated November 8, 2016

 

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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.

Date: November 9, 2016

 

ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Kenneth Myszkowski

  Kenneth Myszkowski
  Chief Financial Officer

 

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