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): December 7, 2014
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36014 | 26-0662915 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 38 Sidney Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA | 02139 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 649-8600
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On December 7, 2014, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“the Company”) issued a press release announcing new phase 1 data on AG-221, its first-in-class inhibitor of IDH2 mutations in patients with advanced hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia. On December 8, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing first clinical data from its Phase 1 single (SAD) and multiple ascending dose (MAD) clinical trials of AG-348, its first-in-class oral activator of pyruvate kinase-R for the treatment of pyruvate kinase deficiency, a cause of hemolytic anemia, in healthy volunteers. The Company presented both data at the 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition held on December 6 – 9, 2014. The full text of the press releases issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on December 7, 2014. | |
| 99.2 | Press release issued by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on December 8, 2014. | |
SIGNATURE
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.
| AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: December 8, 2014 | By: | /s/ David P. Schenkein, M.D. | ||||
| David P. Schenkein, M.D. Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on December 7, 2014. | |
| 99.2 | Press release issued by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on December 8, 2014. | |