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): September 16, 2013

PLURISTEM THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-31392
 
98-0351734
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

MATAM Advanced Technology Park
Building No. 5
Haifa, Israel
 
31905
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

011 972 74 710 7171
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On September 16, 2013, the registrant announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the clinical hold placed on June 4, 2013 on the registrant’s U.S. phase II Intermittent Claudication (IC) study (IND 15038).

 
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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.
 
 
PLURISTEM THERAPEUTICS INC.
 
       
Date: September 16, 2013
By:
/s/ Yaky Yanay
 
    Name:  Yaky Yanay  
    Title:    Chief Financial Officer  
       
 
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