Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 6, 2016

 

 

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36167   26-3931704

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor,

Newton, Massachusetts

   02459
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 658-0600

(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:

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 6, 2016, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. issued a press release announcing positive top-line clinical data on the activity of selinexor in patients with multiple myeloma and provided an overview of the planned development path for selinexor in multiple myeloma. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

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.

 

    KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
Date: September 6, 2016     By:  

/s/ Christopher B. Primiano

     

Christopher B. Primiano

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.    Description
99.1    Press release dated September 6, 2016, entitled “Karyopharm Reports Positive Top-Line Phase 2b STORM Results and Reviews the Planned Development Path for Selinexor in Multiple Myeloma.”