0001104659-20-138320.txt : 20201222 0001104659-20-138320.hdr.sgml : 20201222 20201222070531 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-20-138320 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20201218 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20201222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Synthetic Biologics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000894158 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 133808303 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12584 FILM NUMBER: 201406014 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9605 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 270 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: (734) 332-7800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9605 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 270 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ADEONA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20081027 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PIPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061214 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SHEFFIELD PHARMACEUTICALS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970730 8-K 1 tm2038971d1_8k.htm FORM 8-K

 

  

ECURITIES 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): December 18, 2020

 

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-12584   13-3808303
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 270

Rockville, MD 20850

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 417-4364

 

N/A

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share SYN NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter). 

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 
 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On December 22, 2020, Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (Washington University), to commence the Phase 1b/2a clinical trial of SYN-004 (ribaxamase) in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. As a result, the Company expects to commence patient enrollment for the Phase 1b/2a clinical trial in the first quarter of 2021.

 

 
 

  

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: December 22, 2020  

 

  SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICS, INC.
       
       
  By:  /s/ Steven A. Shallcross
    Name:  Steven A. Shallcross
    Title:

Chief Executive Officer

and Chief Financial Officer