U.S. 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):
February 20, 2015
SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
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Colorado
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000-52898
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20-5566275
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer ID No.)
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469 Jean-Talon West
3rd Floor
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3N 1R4
(Address of principal executive offices)
(514) 764-9698
(Issuer’s Telephone Number)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Effective on February 20, 2015, Michele Di Turi resigned as Chief Operating Officer and a Director of our Company. Mr. Di Turi had no disagreements with us regarding the operations, policies or practices of our Company.
Also on February 20, 2015, to replace Mr. Di Turi, Dr. Abderrazzak Merzouki was appointed as Chief Operating Officer and a Director of our Company pursuant to the provisions of our Bylaws, to hold such office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders, his resignation, removal or death, whichever comes first. Following is Dr. Merzouki’s biographical history:
Dr. Abderrazzak Merzouki was appointed as a Director and our Chief Operating Officer in February 2015. In addition to his new positions with our Company, since January 2015 he has been self-employed as a consultant in the fields of biotechnology and pharmacology. From July 2007 through December 2014, Dr. Merzouki worked at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, where he taught and acted as a senior scientist involved in the research and development of plasmid and siRNA-based therapies. Dr. Merzouki is a molecular biologist and an immunologist with extensive experience in the area of gene therapy where he performed several preclinical studies for pharmaceutical companies involving the use of adenoviral vectors for cancer therapy and plasmid vectors for the treatment of peripheral arterial occlusions. Dr. Merzouki also has extensive expertise in the design of expression vectors, and production and purification of recombinant proteins. He developed technologies for production of biogeneric therapeutic proteins for the treatment of various diseases including cancer, diabetes, hepatitis and multiple sclerosis. Dr. Merzouki obtained his Ph.D. in Virology and Immunology from Institut Armand-Frappier in Quebec and received his post-doctoral training at the University of British Columbia and the BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS research. Dr. Merzouki has over 30 publications and 70 communications in various, highly respected scientific journals in the field of cellular and molecular biology. He is expected to devote only such time as necessary to our affairs, which is not expected to exceed 50% of his time.
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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.
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SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Registrant)
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Dated: February 23, 2015
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By:
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/s/ Dr. Steve N. Slilaty | |
| Dr. Steve N. Slilaty | |||
| Chief Executive Officer | |||