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 9, 2017

 

Commission File No. 000-16929

 

Soligenix, Inc.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE   41-1505029
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
     

29 Emmons Drive,

Suite C-10

Princeton, NJ

 

 

 

08540

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(609) 538-8200
(Issuer’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 7.01          Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 9, 2017, Soligenix, Inc. (the “Company”) made a previously announced presentation regarding the dusquetide (SGX94) technology platform and its potential anti-inflammatory, tissue healing, anti-infective and anti-tumor action, including data from the recently completed Phase 2 trial in oral mucositis, at the 2nd World Congress and Expo on Immunology. During the presentation, Dr. Oreola Donini, the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer, discussed the potential role for innate immune modulation in oncology as well as in tissue healing, inflammation and infection, specifically with respect to the role of p62/sequestosome-1 in the tumor cell itself as well as in the tumor microenvironment. Dr. Donini further noted that data from a preclinical study of SGX94 and the Phase 2 clinical trial of SGX942 for the treatment of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients may support the proposition of a potential role for innate immune modulation in the oncology space with respect to tumor resolution. An audio archive of the presentation is available on the Company’s website at www.soligenix.com/investors.

 

The information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and 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 the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD.

 

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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.

 

  Soligenix, Inc.
   
October 11, 2017  By: /s/ Christopher J. Schaber 
    Christopher J. Schaber, Ph.D.
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)

 

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