Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

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) October 1, 2004

             Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.             
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   000-23143                13-3379479          



(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
       
777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, New York   10591
Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (914) 789-2800

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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01.    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     David A. Scheinberg, a director of Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), serves on the Company’s Cancer Scientific Advisory Board and receives, as partial compensation for such service, stock options to purchase 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock per year, granted in quarterly increments with an exercise price equal to fifty percent of the average closing price for the thirty trading days preceding the grant. These option grants are made under the Company’s Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Incentive Plan. On October 1, 2004, Dr. Scheinberg was issued an option to purchase 1,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.691 per share. On January 3, 2005, Dr. Scheinberg was issued an option to purchase 1,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $8.069 per share.

 


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.

   PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
     
  By:  /s/ Robert A. McKinney          
    Robert A. McKinney
    Vice President, Finance and Operations
     
Dated: January 14, 2005