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): May 4, 2017

 

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)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On May 4, 2017, EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has submitted an Investigational Device Exemption, or IDE, for its EyeGate Ocular Bandage Gel (EyeGate OBG) product with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

 

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.

 

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 May 4, 2017.

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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: May 4, 2017

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Exhibit Index

 

99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated as of May 4, 2017.

 

 

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