- 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): September 27, 2012

 

ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

0-28298 (Commission File No.)

94-3154463 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

249 East Grand Avenue
South San Francisco, California 94080
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

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

 

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):

 

o     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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ITEM 8.01       OTHER EVENTS

 

On September 27, 2012, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer Healthcare issued a press release reporting that the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, had approved Bayer’s Stivarga® (regorafenib) tablets for treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. The press release dated September 27, 2012, titled “Bayer’s Stivarga® (regorafenib) Tablets Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer” is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 9.01       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release titled “Bayer’s Stivarga ®  (regorafenib) Tablets Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer” dated September 27, 2012.

 

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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.

 

	ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dated: September 27, 2012	By:	/s/ Matthew K. Fust
		Matthew K. Fust
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number		Description
99.1		Press Release titled “Bayer’s Stivarga ®  (regorafenib) Tablets Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer” dated September 27, 2012.

 

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