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): June 6, 2017

RESPIRERX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-16467	33-0303583
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S Employer Identification No.)

126 Valley Road, Suite C Glen Rock, New Jersey	07452
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 444-4947

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 6, 2017, RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company’s Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Richard Purcell, will be presenting a poster session entitled “OPIOIDS AND SLEEP APNEA: ANTAGONISM OF REMIFENTANIL INDUCED RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION BY CX1739 IN TWO CLINICAL MODELS OF OPIOID INDUCED RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION” at the Sleep 2017 conference in Boston, MA on June 6, 2017 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. SLEEP 2017 is the 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC, a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society.

The content of the poster that Mr. Purcell will be using at the conference is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is being furnished and not filed pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. The press release announcing the Company’s participation in the conference is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

A list of exhibits that are furnished and filed as part of this report is set forth in the Exhibit Index, which is presented elsewhere in this document, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.

	RESPIRERX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Date: June 6, 2017
	By:	/s/ Jeff E. Margolis
		Jeff E. Margolis
		Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description
99.1	Poster Content*
99.2	Press Release dated June 6, 2017*

* Furnished herewith.