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EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE DATED JULY 30, 2014 - IOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.ex991.htm


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): July 30, 2014

LION BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
Nevada
 
75-3254381
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
 
identification number)

21900 Burbank Blvd, Third Floor, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(818) 992-3126
(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:

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.
 
On July 30, 2014, Lion Biotechnologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a clinical trial grant agreement with Moffitt Cancer Center to expand an ongoing Phase 1 study of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) combined with ipilimumab in patients with metastatic melanoma. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
99.1
Press Release of Lion Biotechnologies, Inc., dated July 30, 2014.

 

 

 
 

 

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.
 



 
LION BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
       
Date: July 30, 2014
By:
/s/ Michael Handelman
 
   
Michael Handelman, Chief Financial Officer