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| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | d285748dex991.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): November 18, 2016
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36014 | 26-0662915 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 88 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA | 02139 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 649-8600
(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 November 18, 2016, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the first data from the dose expansion cohorts of the Company’s ongoing phase 1 study evaluating single agent AG-120 in isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 mutant positive glioma and chondrosarcoma. The Company is presenting the glioma data on November 18, 2016 at the Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the Company presented the chondrosarcoma data at the annual meeting of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society in Lisbon, Portugal on November 10, 2016. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) The following exhibits are included in this report:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on November 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.
| AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: November 18, 2016 | By: | /s/ David P. Schenkein | ||||
| David P. Schenkein, M.D. President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on November 18, 2016. | |