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): January 18, 2018
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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DELAWARE
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001-34079
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11-3516358
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(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 455
Rockville, MD
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20850
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (240) 268-5300
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Section 7 – Regulation FD
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Regulation FD Disclosure
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On January 18, 2018, Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced that clinical data from the completed Phase IIa clinical trial of RX-3117 in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients will be presented in a poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers (ASCO GI) 2018 annual meeting at 11:30 Pacific Time on Friday, January 19, 2018, in San Francisco, California. The poster is titled: RX-3117: Activity of an Oral Antimetabolite Nucleoside in Subjects with Pancreatic Cancer — Preliminary Results of Stage II of the Phase Ib/IIa Study
A copy of the poster being will be available to be viewed on the Company’s website at https://rexahn.com/cms/media-center/publication/posters/ beginning at 12:00 PM Eastern Time on Friday, January 19, 2018.
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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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Date: January 19, 2018
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/s/ Peter D. Suzdak
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Peter D. Suzdak
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Chief Executive Officer
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