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): July 31, 2007
ImmunoGen, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Massachusetts |
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0-17999 |
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04-2726691 |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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128 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA |
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02139 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 995-2500
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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On July 31, 2007, ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN) issued a press release to announce that the Company had earned a $5 million milestone payment from Genentech with the start of Phase II clinical testing of trastuzumab-DM1. The milestone was earned under the 2000 agreement granting Genentech the exclusive right to develop products using ImmunoGen’s maytansinoid TAP technology and linkers with therapeutic antibodies to HER2, as amended in 2006 to enable ImmunoGen to earn increased milestone payments with achievement of agreed upon process development milestones. Trastuzumab-DM1 comprises Genentech’s trastuzumab anti-HER2 antibody and ImmunoGen’s DM1 cell-killing agent and is in development by Genentech for the treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference in this Item 8.01.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) The following exhibit is being filed herewith:
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Exhibit No. |
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Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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Press Release of ImmunoGen, Inc. dated July 31, 2007 |
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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.
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ImmunoGen, Inc. |
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(Registrant) |
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Date: July 31, 2007 |
/s/ Daniel M. Junius |
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Daniel M. Junius |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit No. |
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Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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Press Release of ImmunoGen, Inc. dated July 31, 2007 |
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