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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)

 

January 24, 2013

 


  

RESPONSE BIOMEDICAL CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

000-50571

98 -1042523

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1781 - 75th Avenue W.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6P 6P2

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(604) 456-6010

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

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):


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Item 8.01.

Other Events

 

On January 24, 2013, Response Biomedical Corp issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a nonexclusive distribution agreement with Fisher HealthCare, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific L.L.C., to distribute its Infectious Disease portfolio of RAMP® products in the U.S. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K..

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)    Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release of Response Biomedical Corp. dated January 24, 2013.

     
     

 

 

 
 

 

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.


 

   

RESPONSE BIOMEDICAL CORP.

     
 

By:  

/s/ William J. Adams

 
   

William J. Adams

Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: January 25, 2013

 

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

 

Press release of Response Biomedical Corp. dated January 24, 2013.