8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

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): December 19, 2005 (December 19, 2005)

 

BOSTON LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   0-6533   87-0277826

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

85 Main Street, Hopkinton, Massachusetts   01748
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 497-2360

 

 


(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))

 



Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 19, 2005, Boston Life Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into Amendment No. 6 to its agreement with MDS Nordion, Inc., dated as of August 9, 2000 (“Amendment No. 6”). Amendment No. 6 extends the term of the agreement to the earlier of (i) the grant by the Food and Drug Administration of the Company’s new drug application for the ALTROPANE® molecular imaging agent or (ii) December 31, 2006.

 

A complete copy of Amendment No. 6 is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 6 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

  Number  


  

Description of Exhibit      


99.1†    Amendment No. 6 dated as of December 19, 2005 to Agreement between MDS Nordion Inc. and the Company.
       †    Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions, which portions are omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

        Boston Life Sciences, Inc.
Date: December 19, 2005       By:   /s/    KENNETH L. RICE, JR.        
                Kenneth L. Rice, Jr.
               

Executive Vice President, Finance and

Administration and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description of Exhibit    


99.1†    Amendment No. 6 dated as of December 19, 2005 to Agreement between MDS Nordion Inc. and the Company.
       †    Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions, which portions are omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.