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| EX-99.1 - LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. | ex99-1.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 5, 2018
LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
| DELAWARE | 000-51476 | 20-2903526 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
248 Route 25A, No. 2
East Setauket, New York 11733
(Address of principal executive offices)
(631) 880-2907
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 5, 2018, the Company issued a press release regarding the approval by the FDA of the Company’s IND to conduct a Phase 1b/2 trial of the safety and therapeutic benefit of the Company’s lead clinical compound, LB-100, in patients with low and intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who have failed or are intolerant of standard treatment.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) There is filed as part of this report the exhibit listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference
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.
| Date: November 7, 2018 | LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ JOHN S. KOVACH | |
| John S. Kovach, Chief Executive Officer | ||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release regarding the approval of the Company’s IND |