8-K

 

 

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 26, 2018

 

 

REGENXBIO INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37553   47-1851754

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

9600 Blackwell Road, Suite 210

Rockville, Maryland

  20850
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(240) 552-8181

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 26, 2018, Jeffrey Heier, M.D., Co-President and Director of Retina Research at Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and primary investigator for REGENXBIO Inc.’s (“the Company”) ongoing Phase I clinical trial of RGX-314 for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (“wet AMD”), presented an interim analysis of data from the trial at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2018 Annual Meeting. A copy of Dr. Heier’s presentation materials is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On October 26, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing an interim analysis of data from its ongoing Phase I clinical trial of RGX-314 for the treatment of wet AMD. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Presentation materials presented on October 26, 2018.
99.2    Press release dated October 26, 2018.


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.

 

    REGENXBIO INC.
Date: October 26, 2018     By:  

/s/ Patrick J. Christmas II

      Patrick J. Christmas II
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel