Form 6-K
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Dated October 24, 2006

 
PreMD Inc.
Commission File Number 1-31360

615-4211 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario M2P 2A9
CANADA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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Form 40-F ¨

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PreMD Inc.
Form 6-K
 
        On October 24, 2006, the Corporation issued a news release announcing that Further to its press release of October 20, 2006, PreMD Inc. has commenced an action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto as against Dr. Abulkalam K.M. Shamsuddin (“Shamsuddin”), Stuart Brazier (“Brazier”) and Med-11 AG (“Med-11”) in connection with its 1998 license agreement with Shamsuddin (the “License Agreement”), pursuant to which Shamsuddin granted an exclusive license to PreMD relating to certain intellectual property involving part of PreMD’s cancer products, which include ColorectAlert™, LungAlert™ and a breast cancer test. The information contained in the news release and interim report is incorporated herein by reference and filed respectively as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
 
 
 
 
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.

 
PreMD Inc.
     
     
By:
/s/ Ronald G. Hosking
   
Ronald G. Hosking
   
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: October 24, 2006    




EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
 
 
Number
  
Description
     
99.1
  
The Registrant’s News Release
   
Dated October 24, 2006