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 14, 2014
INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-14888 | 33-0969592 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 660 W. Germantown Pike, Suite 110 Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania |
19462 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (267) 440-4200
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 1.02. | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 9, 2013, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) enter into a Collaboration, Option and License Agreement with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Hoffman-La Roche Inc. (the “Agreement”). On November 14, 2014, the parties partially terminated the Agreement with respect to the development of INO-5150, the Company’s DNA immunotherapy targeting prostate cancer, as well as the research collaboration in prostate cancer under the Agreement. All of Roche’s rights to INO-5150, including the right to license the product to other parties, will be returned to the Company. The Company plans to independently advance INO-5150 into a phase I clinical trial in the first half of 2015.
The Company and Roche will continue to collaborate and co-develop the Company’s DNA immunotherapy (INO-1800) against hepatitis B virus under the existing license under the Agreement.
The Company issued a press release on November 17, 2014, and the Company incorporates by reference the text of that press release into this Form 8-K current report.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| Exhibit |
Exhibit Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated November 17, 2014 | |
SIGNATURE
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.
| INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Peter Kies | |
| Peter Kies, | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: November 17, 2014
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