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): July 19, 2017

 

BIO-PATH HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	001-36333	87-0652870
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

4710 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 210, Bellaire, Texas	77401
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

(832) 742-1357

(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).

 

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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On July 19, 2017, Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release titled, “Bio-Path Holdings Receives Notice of Allowance for Key U.S. Composition of Matter Patent.” A copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

 

99.1

Press Release dated July 19, 2017

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

	BIO-PATH HOLDINGS, Inc.
Dated: July 20, 2017	By:	/s/ Peter H. Nielsen
		Peter H. Nielsen President and Chief Executive Officer

 

  

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

 

99.1

Press Release dated July 19, 2017