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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 16, 2016
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Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. |
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware | 001-36845 | 47-3116175 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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184 Liberty Corner Road, Suite 302 Warren, New Jersey | 07059 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 574-4770
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(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):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release on June 16, 2016 announcing that the first subject has been enrolled in the Phase 3 INOvation-1 clinical trial for patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. The first patient was enrolled by Jeremy Feldman, MD., Principal Investigator at Arizona Pulmonary Associates, Ltd. The Company has also enrolled the first subject in a Phase 2 trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the INOpulse delivery system in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in collaboration with Professor W. DeBacker, MD, Director Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital and University of Antwerp. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information included in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
99.1 | | Press Release dated June 16, 2016 (furnished and not filed for purposes of Item 7.01) |
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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.
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| | | | BELLEROPHON THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
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Date: June 16, 2016 | | | | By: | | /s/ Fabian Tenenbaum |
| | | | | | Fabian Tenenbaum Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer |