UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2016
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Edge Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
001-37568
26-4231384
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Connell Drive, Suite 1600
Berkeley Heights, NJ 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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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On May 13, 2016, Edge Therapeutics, Inc. issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation to its investigational product EG-1962 for the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage. A copy of that press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press release dated May 13, 2016.


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: May 16, 2016
Edge Therapeutics, Inc.
     
 
By:
/s/ W. Bradford Middlekauff
   
Name: W. Bradford Middlekauff
   
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
     
 
Press release dated May 13, 2016.