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): | March 23, 2017 |
Cytokinetics, Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-50633 | 94-3291317 |
| _____________________ (State or other jurisdiction | _____________ (Commission | ______________ (I.R.S. Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 280 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California | 94080 | |
| _________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) | ___________ (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (650) 624 - 3000 |
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Cytokinetics, Inc. and Origent Data Sciences, Inc. (Origent) announced the advancement of their research collaboration to prospectively validate Origent’s computer model to predict the course of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) disease progression using data from VITALITY-ALS, Cytokinetics’ ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of tirasemtiv. Funded by a grant from The ALS Association to Origent, this joint research program is designed to enable the first prospective validation of the predictive model in a clinical trial. Previously, the Origent models predicting both function and survival of ALS patients have been validated using the placebo arms of retrospective clinical trial datasets.
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.
| Cytokinetics, Incorporated | ||||
| March 23, 2017 | By: | /s/ Sharon A. Barbari | ||
| Name: Sharon A. Barbari | ||||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Press Release, dated March 23, 2017 |