Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): December 7, 2015

 

 

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36167   26-3931704

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor,

Newton, Massachusetts

  02459
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 658-0600

 

(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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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 7, 2015, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the presentation of positive clinical data on the activity of selinexor in combination with other anticancer agents across multiple hematologic malignancies at the 2015 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
Date: December 7, 2015     By:  

/s/ Christopher B. Primiano

     

Christopher B. Primiano

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
99.1    Press release dated December 7, 2015, entitled “Karyopharm Therapeutics Presents Positive Clinical Data on the Activity of Selinexor in Combination with Other Anticancer Agents across Multiple Hematologic Malignancies at the 2015 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.”