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): November 6, 2014
GALENA BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
 
001-33958
 
20-8099512
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)

 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4640 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Suite 270
Portland, Oregon 97239
 
 
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 855-4253

 
310 N State Street
Suite 208
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On November 6, 2014, the employment of Brian L. Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D., as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Galena Biopharma, Inc., was terminated in accordance with the terms of Dr. Hamilton's employment agreement dated as of November 7, 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.



Date: November 7, 2014
GALENA BIOPHARMA, INC.


By: /s/ MARK W. SCHWARTZ   
Mark W. Schwartz, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer