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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): October
24, 2012
ARIAD
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
0-21696 |
22-3106987 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
26 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
02139 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code: (617) 494-0400
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 8.01 Other Events.
On October 24, 2012, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Company”) issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for accelerated review of ARIAD’s investigational BCR-ABL inhibitor, ponatinib, in patients with resistant or intolerant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL). The FDA also has granted ARIAD’s request for Priority Review, which is given to investigational medicines that have the potential for providing significant improvement in the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of a disease. The FDA has established an action date of March 27, 2013 under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA).
A copy of the press release is being 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) The following exhibit is filed with this report:
Exhibit Number |
Description |
99.1 | Press Release dated October 24, 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.
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Date: |
October 24, 2012 |
By: |
/s/ Edward M. Fitzgerald |
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Edward M. Fitzgerald |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number |
Description |
99.1 |
Press Release dated October 24, 2012. |
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