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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of July, 2006
Commission File Number 000-31062
Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
Suite 210, 1167 Kensington Crescent NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1X7
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
| Form 20-F o | Form 40-F þ |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Oncolytics
Biotech Inc. (Registrant) |
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| Date: July 11, 2006 | By: | /s/ Doug Ball
Doug Ball Chief Financial Officer |
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210, 1167 Kensington Crescent NW Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 1X7 |
U.S. Phase I/II Recurrent Malignant Gliomas Clinical Trial
Oncolytics is a Calgary-based biotechnology company focused on the development of oncolytic viruses as potential cancer therapeutics. Oncolytics’ clinical program includes a variety of Phase I and Phase I/II human trials using REOLYSIN®, its proprietary formulation of the human reovirus, alone and in combination with radiation. For further information about Oncolytics, please visit www.oncolyticsbiotech.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
| Oncolytics Biotech Inc. | The Equicom Group | The Investor Relations Group | ||
| Cathy Ward | Nick Hurst | Damian McIntosh | ||
| 210, 1167 Kensington Cr NW | 20 Toronto Street | 11 Stone Street, 3rd Floor | ||
| Calgary, Alberta T2N 1X7 | Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8 | New York, NY 10004 | ||
| Tel: 403.670.7377 | Tel: 416.815.0700 ext. 226 | Tel: 212.825.3210 | ||
| Fax: 403.283.0858 | Fax: 416.815.0080 | Fax: 212.825.3229 | ||
| cathy.ward@oncolytics.ca | nhurst@equicomgroup.com | dmcintosh@investorrelationsgroup.com | ||
| www.oncolyticsbiotech.com |
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