Form: 8-K

Current report filing

August 1, 2017

Documents

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report: August 1, 2017
(Date of earliest event reported)

 

CELLECTAR BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

1-36598

04-3321804

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

3301 Agriculture Drive
Madison, WI 53716
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(608) 441-8120
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

 

On August 1, 2017, we issued a press release announcing the initiation of a collaboration with Avicenna Oncology GmbH, a leading precision medicine company based in Basel, Switzerland. The collaboration will focus on the development of new phospholipid drug conjugates (PDCs) combining Cellectar’s patented phospholipid ether delivery platform with Avicenna’s novel cytotoxic payloads (potent anti-cancer small molecules). A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Number   Title
99.1   Press release dated August 1, 2017, entitled “Cellectar Biosciences Signs Collaboration with Avicenna Oncology to Develop New PDCs for Solid Tumors”
     

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

 

Dated:  August 1, 2017 CELLECTAR BIOSCIENCES, INC.
   
   
  By:  /s/  Chad J. Kolean                                            
          Name:  Chad J. Kolean
          Title:  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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