UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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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 24, 2019

BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 516.593.7000

N/A
Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Introductory Comment

Throughout this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “Company” refer to BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 23, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), the Company announced that (i) Dr. Ronald Law, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, would be assisting Mr. Thomas L. Wegman, the Company’s President, with day-to-day operations of the Company and (ii) the Company’s Board of Directors has designated Dr. Law as an executive officer of the Company, as of the Effective Date.

Dr. Law, age 66, has served in his current role with the Company since November 2018, prior to which he served as a consultant to the Company since July 2018. Previously, Dr. Law was the Chief Strategy Officer of Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he was responsible for the development of execution of scientific and business collaborations and partnerships, as well as the identification of new targets and indications for its platform oral peptide delivery technology and pipeline expansion Prior to that, he was a scientific consultant in oncology at Third Coast Therapeutics, a diabetes consultant at Doctor Evidence, and a business development consultant at PharmaIN Corporation. He also held several leadership and strategic roles at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, spanning U.S. Medical Affairs, Global Medical Affairs, Corporate Strategic Planning, Global Scientific Affairs and Intelligence, and R&D External Innovation, most recently serving as Vice President, of New Frontier Science. Dr. Law holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from University of California at Los Angeles, a J.D. from the Whittier College School of Law, and both an M.S. and B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On the Effective Date, Mr. Thomas L. Wegman issued a letter to colleagues and shareholders updating them on his medical condition. A copy of his letter is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

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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.