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
October 25, 2007
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
ANTIGENICS INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 000-29089 06-1562417
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
162 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
New York, NY 10010
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
212-994-8200
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On October 25, 2007, Antigenics Inc. announced that follow-up data from a
Phase 1/2 investigator-sponsored trial of the company's investigational cancer
vaccine Oncophage(R) (vitespen) in recurrent, high-grade glioma showed that 11
out of 12 patients exceeded the historical median benchmark of 6.5 months
survival from time of recurrence. The results from the investigator-initiated
National Institutes of Health-sponsored study, being conducted at the Brain
Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF),
were presented at the International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer
Therapeutics, jointly sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research,
National Cancer Institute and European Organization for Research and Treatment
of Cancer (AACR-NCI-EROTC; abstract # 963).
The full text of the press release issued in connection with the
announcement is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form
8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
99.1 Press Release dated October 25, 2007
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.
ANTIGENICS INC.
Date: October 25, 2007
By: /s/ Garo H. Armen
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Garo H. Armen, Ph.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
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99.1 Press Release dated October 25, 2007