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

 

October 5, 2018

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Agile Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (609) 683-1880

 

 

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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  x

 

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. x

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

Agile Therapeutics, Inc. (“Agile”) a women’s healthcare company, will have a poster presentation of additional results from the Phase 3 SECURE study of AG200-15 (Twirla®), an investigational, once weekly, low-dose hormonal contraceptive patch accepted at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2018 Scientific Congress & Expo (ASRM) being held October 6th through October 10th, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.  Dr. Paula M. Castaño, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecoloy at Columbia University Medical Center, will present the poster titled The Safety Profile of an Investigational Contraceptive Patch in Women With and Without Hormonal Contraceptive Experience, which includes safety data on AG200-15.

 

The SECURE clinical trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of AG200-15, also known as Twirla (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol), in a representative population of women seeking birth control.  SECURE was a 1-year, multicenter, single-arm, open-label trial in 2032 healthy women aged 18 and over, at 102 experienced investigative sites across the United States.

 

A copy of Agile’s poster is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Agile Therapeutics, Inc. Poster Presentation to be available between October 6-10, 2018.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	Agile Therapeutics, Inc.
Dated: October 5, 2018	By:	/s/ Alfred Altomari
	Name:	Alfred Altomari
	Title:	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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