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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): March 28, 2018
 


Edge Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 


 Delaware
001-37568
26-4231384
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

300 Connell Drive, Suite 4000
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922
(800) 208-3343
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 


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Item 8.01          Other Events

On March 28, 2018, Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (“Edge”) issued a press release announcing that Edge is discontinuing the Phase 3 Newton 2 study based on the recommendation of an independent Data Monitoring Committee (the “DMC”) that Edge stop its Phase 3 NEWTON 2 study. The DMC recommendation was based on its conclusion that that the study has a low probability of meeting its primary endpoint. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated March 28, 2018.


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
Press Release, dated March 28, 2018.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 28, 2018
Edge Therapeutics, Inc.
     
 
By:
/s/ Andrew Saik
   
Name: Andrew Saik
   
Title: Chief Financial Officer