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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, 2016

 

 

SYNDAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37708   32-0162505

(state or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

400 Totten Pond Road, Suite 110

Waltham, Massachusetts

  02451
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 419-1400

(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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 18, 2016, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that clinical data from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program will be presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which is being held in Chicago, Illinois. Additionally, the Company announced that preliminary results from ENCORE-601, a Phase 1b/2, open-label trial evaluating entinostat in combination with Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) in non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma patients, are available as a published abstract only at abstract.asco.org.

The full text of the press release regarding the announcement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated May 18, 2016.


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.

 

SYNDAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:      

/s/ Briggs W. Morrison, M.D.

Briggs W. Morrison, M.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Dated: May 19, 2016


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated May 18, 2016.