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 12, 2016

 

 

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		000-51531		94-3295878
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

395 Oyster Point Boulevard, Suite 400 South San Francisco, California		94080
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

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

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 12, 2016, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release announcing results from its Phase 1A study in healthy volunteers evaluating non-covalent BTK inhibitor SNS-062. A copy of the press release issued concerning the foregoing is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits .

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release, dated September 12, 2016, entitled “Sunesis Presents Dose Escalation Results from the Phase 1A Healthy Volunteer Study Evaluating Oral Non-Covalent BTK inhibitor SNS-062”

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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.

 

				SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dated: September 12, 2016				By:		/s/ Eric H. Bjerkholt
						Eric H. Bjerkholt
						Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release, dated September 12, 2016, entitled “Sunesis Presents Dose Escalation Results from the Phase 1A Healthy Volunteer Study Evaluating Oral Non-Covalent BTK inhibitor SNS-062”