Form 8-K

 

 

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): September 10, 2012

 

 

CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Washington   001-12465   91-1533912

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

3101 Western Avenue, Suite 600

Seattle, Washington 98121

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 282-7100

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report).

 

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 10, 2012, Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) gave a presentation to analysts and investors regarding the Company’s plans to market Pixuvri® in the European Union, the status of clinical trials of pacritinib and other corporate updates. As announced in a press release on September 7, 2012, the Company will present to investors at the Annual Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference on September 11, 2012 regarding the Company’s plans to market Pixuvri in the European Union, the status of clinical trials of pacritinib and other corporate updates, and the presentation will be a publicly webcast. The slides used in these presentations and the webcast are attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and are being furnished and not filed pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

   

Description

99.1    Cell Therapeutics, Inc.’s Presentation Slides.

SIGNATURE

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.

 

    CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: September 10, 2012     By:   /s/ James A. Bianco, M.D.
      James A. Bianco, M.D.
      President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

   

Description

99.1    Cell Therapeutics, Inc.’s Presentation Slides.