Form 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): December 30, 2015

 

 

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.)

9712 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100
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)

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 30, 2015, REGENXBIO Inc. (the Company) issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to the Company’s investigational gene therapy product candidate, RGX-111, for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS I). MPS I is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by deficiency of the a-l-iduronidase gene.

A copy of the Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    REGENXBIO Inc. Press Release dated December 30, 2015


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.

 

    REGENXBIO INC.
Date: December 30, 2015     By:  

/s/ Kenneth T. Mills

      Kenneth T. Mills
      President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    REGENXBIO Inc. Press Release dated December 30, 2015