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): January 8, 2019

Heat Biologics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-35994	26-2844103
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

801 Capitola Drive

Durham, NC  27713

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(919) 240-7133

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

N/A

(Former Name and Former Address)

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On January 8, 2019, Heat Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s principal investigator for its Phase 2 Lung Cancer Trial, Daniel Morgensztern, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Thoracic Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, has been selected to deliver an oral presentation of his abstract summarizing new interim data from the Company’s Phase 2 trial of HS-110 in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, nivolumab (Opdivo®), in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at the 2019 ASCO-SITC Clinical Immuno-Oncology Symposium.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release of Heat Biologics, Inc. dated January 8, 2019

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.

Dated:  January 8, 2019	HEAT BIOLOGICS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey Wolf
	Name:	Jeffrey Wolf
	Title:	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release of Heat Biologics, Inc. dated January 8, 2019