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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): October 20, 2013

 

 

MEI Pharma, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-50484   51-0407811

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

11975 El Camino Real, Suite 101, San Diego, California 92130

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 792-6300

 

 

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)

 

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

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 21, 2013, MEI Pharma, Inc. issued a press release announcing detailed results from a Phase I clinical trial of its mitochondrial inhibitor drug candidate ME-344 in patients with refractory solid tumors, as presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Boston on October 20, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release, dated October 21, 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.

 

MEI PHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Daniel P. Gold

  Daniel P. Gold
  Chief Executive Officer

Dated: October 21, 2013


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release, dated October 21, 2013.