8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 31, 2015

BIO-PATH HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-53404	87-0652870
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4710 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 210, Bellaire, Texas	77401
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(832) 742-1357

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 31, 2015, Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (the “SAB”). The Company also announced that Jorge Cortes, M.D. and Amy P. Sing, M.D. were appointed as the initial members of the SAB, with Dr. Cortes serving as Chairman. A copy of such press release, which includes the biographical information of Dr. Cortes and Dr. Sing, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated August 31, 2015

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	BIO-PATH HOLDINGS, Inc.
Dated:  September 1, 2015	By:	/s/ Peter H. Nielsen
		Peter H. Nielsen
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated August 31, 2015

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Bio-Path Holdings Forms Scientific Advisory Board to Support Advancement of Liposomal Grb-2 in Blood Cancers

Jorge Cortes, M.D. of MD Anderson Cancer Center and Amy P. Sing, M.D.

named inaugural members

HOUSTON—August 31, 2015—Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ: BPTH) (Bio-Path), a biotechnology company developing a liposomal delivery technology for nucleic acid cancer drugs, today announced the formation of its inaugural Scientific Advisory Board comprised of leading oncology experts. Jorge Cortes, M.D., renowned leukemia expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, will join as Chairman, where he will provide clinical and scientific guidance, and work with Bio-Path to identify and attract additional oncology thought leaders to join the Company’s growing Scientific Advisory Board. Amy P. Sing, M.D., a member of Bio-Path’s board of directors and Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Genomic Health, Inc., will also join as a founding member.

“We are honored to have attracted such esteemed oncology experts to join our Scientific Advisory Board,” said Peter Nielsen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bio-Path. “The creation of this board is a testament to the level of confidence in Bio-Path’s pipeline of nucleic acid therapies and lipid-based delivery technology. Dr. Sing and Dr. Cortes’ vast expertise in oncology and the treatment of blood cancers will be invaluable as Bio-Path continues clinical development of our lead candidate, Liposomal Grb-2. We look forward to benefitting from their contributions and expanding our board in the future.”

Dr. Cortes joins Bio-Path’s Scientific Advisory Board as a well-established expert in oncology and hematology. He currently holds several positions at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, including Jane and John Justin Distinguished Chair in Leukemia Research, Chief of the AML (acute myeloid leukemia) and CML (chronic myelogenous leukemia) sections, and Deputy Chair of the Department of Leukemia.

Over the course of his 25-year career specializing in leukemia research, Dr. Cortes has held several prestigious academic appointments at the University of Texas, including associate professor in the Department of Leukemia at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Chair of the CML section at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Cortes has also lent his experience as a consultant to leading pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca on the development of prenyltransferase inhibitors, GlaxoSmithKline on the use of topotecan in MDS (myelodysplastic syndromes) and CMML (chronic myelomonocytic leukemia), and Rhône-Poulenc Rorer on the use of PEG-Asparaginase in adult ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia).

Dr. Cortes earned his M.D. from la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a B.S. from el Centro Universitario México. He currently serves on the National CML Society’s Medical Advisory Board, as well as on numerous other executive committees and scientific advisory boards for organizations such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the International CML Foundation.

“As a hematologist and clinical researcher, I have dedicated my career to improving cancer outcomes and discovering better therapies for blood cancers such as AML and CML,” said Dr. Cortes. “I have the utmost confidence in Bio-Path’s executive leadership and its novel liposomal Grb-2. I look forward to helping guide the Company as it makes meaningful strides in developing and strengthening its pipeline of products using liposomal delivery technology.”

Dr. Sing joins the Scientific Advisory Board as a member of Bio-Path’s board of directors, where she has served since November 2014. She is the Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Genomic Health, Inc., a global health company focused on improving the quality of cancer treatment through a genomic-based approach. Dr. Sing has more than 20 years of experience working in the oncology space in various roles. Earlier in her career, she served as Senior Medical Director at Genentech, Inc., where she played an integral role in the Avastin™ program. Earlier, Dr. Sing served as the Senior Director of Medical and Regulatory Affairs at Seattle Genetics, at which she managed clinical programs for the company’s various antibody drug conjugates for the treatment of cancers.

Dr. Sing earned an M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine, and conducted research at notable medical institutes, including the Dana Farber Cancer Institutes and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She also holds a B.A. from Amherst College.

“Bio-Path has a unique and potentially best-in-class approach to treating cancer,” said Dr. Sing. “I am honored to join the Scientific Advisory Board and am eager to lend my expertise as the Company continues its mission.”

About Bio-Path Holdings, Inc.

Bio-Path is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutic products utilizing its proprietary liposomal delivery technology designed to systemically distribute nucleic acid drugs throughout the human body with a simple intravenous transfusion. Bio-Path’s lead product candidate, Liposomal Grb-2, is in a Phase 2 study for blood cancers and in preclinical studies for triple negative and inflammatory breast cancers. Bio-Path’s second drug candidate, also a liposomal antisense drug, is ready for the clinic where it will be evaluated in lymphoma and solid tumors.

For more information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.biopathholdings.com.

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