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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): May 18, 2022

 

Assembly Biosciences, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-35005

20-8729264

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

331 Oyster Point Blvd., Fourth Floor,

South San Francisco, California

 

94080

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (833) 509-4583

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001

 

ASMB

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

 

 


 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 18, 2022, Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) was notified by Antios Therapeutics, Inc. (“Antios”) that ATI-2173, Antios’s investigational proprietary active site polymerase inhibitor nucleotide, has been placed on clinical hold by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following submission of a safety report involving a patient who received a triple combination of the Company’s lead core inhibitor, vebicorvir, ATI-2173 and a nucleos(t)ide analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor. Effective May 20, 2022, because of the clinical hold, the Company terminated the Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreement between the Company and Antios.

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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.

 

 

 

Assembly Biosciences, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: May 24, 2022

 

By:

/s/ Jason A. Okazaki

 

 

 

Jason A. Okazaki

 

 

 

Chief Operating Officer

 

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