Current Report Filing (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): April 1, 2019

 

 

Heron Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-33221		94-2875566
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

4242 Campus Point Court, Suite 200, San Diego, CA		92121
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

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

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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  ☐

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.  ☐

 

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On April 1, 2019, Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Marketing Authorisation Application (the “MAA”) for its investigational agent, HTX-011, for postoperative pain, was validated by the European Medicines Agency (the “EMA”), which validation confirms that the submission is complete and starts the EMA’s Centralised Procedure, as described in the press release furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Press Release”).

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit    No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated April 1, 2019

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

				Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: April 1, 2019				/s/ David Szekeres
				David Szekeres
				Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Business Development and Corporate Secretary