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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): May 18, 2012


ARQULE, INC.
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)
 
 
 
 Delaware 000-21429 04-3221586
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
                                                                    
19 Presidential Way
Woburn, MA 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 
01801
 

(Zip code)

(781) 994-0300

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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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Section 8 — Other Events
 
Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
    On May 18, 2012, ArQule, Inc. (the “Registrant”) announced that recruitment of patients has been completed in the randomized, double-blind, controlled Phase 3 MARQUEE pivotal trial of its investigational selective c-MET inhibitor, tivantinib, in combination with erlotinib in previously treated patients with locally advanced or metastatic, non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer. Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical development of tivantinib is being carried out by the Registrant and its development and commercialization partner, Daiichi Sankyo, Co., Ltd.
 
    The Registrant’s press release dated May 18, 2012, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference.

 
Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d)  Exhibits.
   
 
Exhibit No. 99.1   Text of press release announcing completion of patient recruitment in clinical trial, dated May 18, 2012.
 
 
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.
 
  ARQULE, INC.  
     (Registrant)  
       
 
 
/s/ Peter S. Lawrence  
    Peter S. Lawrence  
    President and Chief Operating Officer  
       

May 18, 2012