Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, DC 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): December 29, 2020

 

Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-36856		46-2783806
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

		399 Thornall Street, First Floor
		Edison, NJ 08837
		(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class:		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock		HEPA		Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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 communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).  Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  x

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01

Other Events

 

On December 29, 2020, Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (“DSMB”) has approved the continuation of the Company’s Phase 2a ‘AMBITION’ clinical trial. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

In addition, on December 29, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing top line data from the low dose cohort in the Company’s Phase 2a ‘AMBITION’ clinical trial of CRV431. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1	Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Press Release dated December 29, 2020
99.2	Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Press Release dated December 29, 2020

 

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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.

 

Dated: December 29, 2020

 

	HEPION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Robert Foster
		Robert Foster
		Chief Executive Officer

 

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