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): November 17, 2016
EYEGATE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
| 001-36672 | 98-0443284 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 271 Waverley Oaks Road Suite 108 Waltham, MA |
02452 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(781) 788-8869
(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:
| o | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| o | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| o | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| o | 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 November 17, 2016, EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that, following a pre-submission meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), it plans to pursue U.S. regulatory clearance of its EyeGate Ocular Bandage Gel via the De Novo 510(k) pathway.
The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and investors should read the press release in its entirety, including the cautionary statement regarding forward looking statements therein. The forward looking statements in this Form 8-K, as well as those furnished in Exhibit 99.1 as noted below, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
The Company hereby furnishes the following exhibit:
| 99.1 | Press Release of the Company, dated as of November 17, 2016 (1) |
(1) The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The information in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the United States Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| EYEGATE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen From | |
| Stephen From | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: November 17, 2016 | ||
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Exhibit Index
| 99.1 | Press Release of the Company, dated as of November 17, 2016 (1) |
(1) The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The information in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the United States Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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