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): April 16, 2019

 

ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware 001-36728 56-2590442

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission 

File Number) 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.) 

   
465 State Route 17, Ramsey, New Jersey 07446
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 478-5552

 

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

 

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Item 8.01             Other Events.

 

On April 17, 2019, ADMA Biologics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued to the Company U.S. Patent No. 10,259,865 related to methods of treatment and prevention of S. pneumonia infection. The patent claims encompass methods of preparing immune globulin via harvesting plasma from S. pneumonia vaccinated, healthy adult human donors and pooling the harvested plasma as the source for manufacturing a hyperimmune anti-pneumococcal immune globulin containing elevated opsonic antibodies to a plurality of S. pneumonia serotypes. The issued claims also encompass hyperimmune anti-pneumococcal immune globulin so prepared, methods of treating S. pneumonia infection and methods of providing immunotherapy using the hyperimmune anti-pneumococcal immune globulin.

 

The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 ADMA Biologics, Inc. Press Release, dated April 17, 2019.

 

 

 

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.

 

April 17, 2019 ADMA Biologics, Inc.
   
  By:  /s/ Brian Lenz
    Name:  Brian Lenz
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer