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): November 13, 2014
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36070 | 26-0038620 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| Two Corporate Drive South San Francisco, California |
94080 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 365-5600
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On November 13, 2014, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (“FivePrime”) issued a press release announcing that it plans to present results from the healthy volunteer cohorts in its Phase 1 clinical trial of FPA008, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits colony stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R), during the 2014 American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ACR/ARHP) Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held November 14 to 19, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.
A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and the information contained therein is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated November 13, 2014. | |
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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.
| Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Francis Sarena | |
| Francis Sarena | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||
Dated: November 14, 2014
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated November 13, 2014. | |
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