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): June 4, 2018

 

 

Dynavax Technologies Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-34207

 

Delaware   33-0728374

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2929 Seventh Street, Suite 100

Berkeley, CA 94710-2753

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(510) 848-5100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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:

 

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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  ☐

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 June 4, 2018, Dynavax Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Dynavax”), issued a press release and presented a corresponding poster and investor presentation announcing data from its ongoing Phase 1b/2 study investigating SD-101, Dynavax’s intratumoral TLR9 agonist, in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), an anti-PD-1 therapy developed by Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) in patients with advanced melanoma at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, in Chicago, IL. A copy of the press release, the poster and the investor presentation are filed as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Number

   

Description

99.1    Press release, dated June 4, 2018
99.2    Poster presented at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting on June 4, 2018
99.3    Analyst and Investor Presentation presented at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting on June 4, 2018

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.

 

    Dynavax Technologies Corporation
Date: June 4, 2018   By:  

/s/ STEVEN N. GERSTEN

    Steven N. Gersten
   

Vice President, General Counsel and

Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer