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): December 30, 2016
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 000-31141 | 33-0655706 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 784 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA | 02139 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 453-1000
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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. |
(b) On December 30, 2016, Julian Adams, Ph.D., informed Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to retire effective January 6, 2017.
(c) On December 31, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors promoted Lawrence Bloch, M.D., J.D., to President effective immediately. Dr. Bloch will continue to serve as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer and report to Adelene Perkins, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Bloch served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer of the Company from July 2012 through December 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Bloch served as Chief Executive Officer of NeurAxon, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, from 2007 to 2011. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer of NitroMed, Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company, from 2004 to 2006. From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Bloch served as Chief Financial Officer, and from 1999 to 2002 as Vice President, Business Development, of Applied Molecular Evolution, Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Bloch began his career as an emergency medicine resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Woman’s Hospital. Dr. Bloch served as director of NeurAxon, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, from 2007 to 2011. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
SIGNATURE
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.
| INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 4, 2017 | By: | /s/ Seth A. Tasker | ||||
| Seth A. Tasker | ||||||
| Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||