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):  December 14, 2018

 

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (484) 348-1600

 

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Emerging growth company o

 

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Item 7.01                                           Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 14, 2018, Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an investor presentation relating to data from the ongoing phase 2 expansion of the ILLUMINATE-204 trial investigating tilsotolimod, the Company’s intratumorally-delivered toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, in combination with ipilimumab (Yervoy®*).  The investor presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Company is furnishing the information in this Item 7.01 and the related Exhibit 99.1 filed herewith to comply with Regulation FD. 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, 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. This Item 7.01 will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein (including Exhibit 99.1) that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

 

Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On December 14, 2018, the Company issued a press release in connection with the data described in Item 7.01. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

See the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.		Exhibit Name
99.1		Investor Presentation dated December 14, 2018.
99.2		Press Release dated December 14, 2018.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

	IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Vincent J. Milano
		Vincent J. Milano
		Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: December 14, 2018

 

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