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): October 23, 2018

 

INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada

 

001-37357

 

30-0565645

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

Identification No.)

 

100 Cummings Center, Suite 151-B Beverly, Massachusetts

 

01915

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 921-4125

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 
 
 
 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 23, 2018, Innovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) was informed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) that the Company’s request for an End of Phase 2 meeting regarding the Company’s oral mucositis program was granted. The meeting is scheduled for later this quarter and is focused on obtaining FDA’s guidance about the Company’s proposed development plan and review of the Company’s clinical trial of brilacidin for the indication of decreasing the incidence of severe oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemoradiation.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by reference to such filing.

 

 

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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.

 

 

INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

       
Dated: October 24, 2018 By: /s/ Arthur P. Bertolino

 

Name:

Arthur P. Bertolino  
  Title: President and Chief Medical Officer  

 

 

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