ViaCell, Inc. Form 8-K
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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
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2005
VIACELL, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-51110   04-3244816
         
(State or other jurisdiction of
of incorporation or organization) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
245 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts   02142
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 914-3400
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Ex-99.1 Press Release dated December 19, 2005

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Item 8.01 Other Events
ViaCell, Inc. issued a press release on December 19, 2005 announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted its clinical hold on the Company’s Phase I study evaluating CB001, an investigational cord blood stem cell product for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients affected by a variety of cancers.
A copy of the press release dated December 19, 2005 is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 — Press release issued by ViaCell dated December 19, 2005.

 

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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.
         
  VIACELL, INC.
 		  
Date: December 21, 2005  By:   /s/ ANNE MARIE COOK    
    Name:   Anne Marie Cook   
    Title:   Senior Vice President,
Legal and General Counsel 		  
 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
     
Exhibit   Description
99.1
  Press release issued by ViaCell, Inc. on December 19, 2005 announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted its clinical hold on the Company’s Phase I study evaluating CB001, an investigational cord blood stem cell product for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients affected by a variety of cancers.