Current Report Filing (8-k)

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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): March 15, 2017

 

  GALENA BIOPHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-33958		20-8099512
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
		2000 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 380, San Ramon, CA 94583
		(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (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)

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Item 2.02	Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 15, 2017, Galena Biopharma, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our” and the “company”) issued a press release announcing our financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and providing an update on recent business developments. A copy of the press release is attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished under this Item 2.02, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing by the company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as specifically stated in such filing.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No.			Description
99.1			Press Release of Galena Biopharma, Inc. dated March 15, 2017.

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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.

 

						GALENA BIOPHARMA, INC.
Date:		March 15, 2017				By:		/s/ Stephen F. Ghiglieri
								Stephen F. Ghiglieri Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer