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): January 11, 2011

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 January 11, 2011, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has opened enrollment of the SEAMLESS pivotal Phase 3 trial for the Company’s sapacitabine oral capsules as a front-line treatment of elderly patients aged 70 years or older with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are not candidates for intensive induction chemotherapy. The study is being conducted under a Special Protocol Assessment agreement that the Company reached with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the information contained therein is incorporated herein by reference.

Neither the filing of the press release as an exhibit to this Report nor the inclusion in the press release of a reference to our internet address shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available at our internet address into this Report. The information available at our internet address is not part of this Report or any other report filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (d) Exhibits

     
Exhibit
Number
 
 
Description
 
   
 
   
99.1
  Press release, dated January 11, 2011

 

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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: January 12, 2011

 

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