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): July 20, 2017

ARQULE, INC.

(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)

	Delaware		000-21429		04-3221586
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)				Identification No.)

One Wall Street

Burlington, MA

(Address of principal executive offices)

01803

(Zip code)

(781) 994-0300

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 20, 2017, ArQule, Inc. (“ArQule” or the “Registrant”) entered in to a master services agreement and two separate statements of work thereunder (together, the “Agreement”) with ARUP Laboratories Inc. (“ARUP”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, ARUP has agreed to develop a FGFR2 FISH assay to be used as an investigational use only patient selection diagnostic in connection with ArQule’s planned registrational Phase 3 trial with derazantinib (ARQ 087), its pan-FGFR inhibitor, in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring FGFR2 fusions. ARUP has also agreed to further validate and seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of such assay as a companion diagnostic for commercialization in the U.S. if the aforementioned Phase 3 trial is positive and derazantinib and the companion diagnostic assay are approved by the FDA.

The foregoing description of the material terms of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2017.

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.

ARQULE, INC.

(Registrant)

/s/ Peter S. Lawrence

Peter S. Lawrence

President and Chief Operating Officer

July 26, 2017