UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March, 2017
Commission File Number
Novogen Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Level 5, 20 George Street, Hornsby, NSW 2077, Australia
(Address of principal executive office)
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
Novogen Limited(Registrant)
Kate Hill
Kate Hill
Company Secretary
Date 27 March 2017
ASX:NRT
NASDAQ:NVGN
Novogen Ltd (Company)
ABN 37 063 259 754
Capital Structure
Ordinary Shares on issue:
483 M
Board of Directors
Mr John O’Connor Chairman Non-Executive Director
Mr Bryce Carmine Deputy Chairman Non-Executive Director
Dr James Garner Chief Executive Officer Managing Director
Mr Ian Phillips MNZM Non-Executive Director
Mr Iain Ross Non-Executive Director
Mr Steven Coffey Non-Executive Director | MARKET RELEASE
27 March 2017
NOVOGEN RECEIVES $4.4M R&D TAX REBATE
Sydney, 27th March 2017 – Novogen Ltd (ASX: NRT; NASDAQ: NVGN), an Australian oncology-focused biotechnology company, is pleased to confirm receipt of $4.4m from the Australian Taxation Office under the R&D Tax Incentive Program for the financial year ending 30 June 2016. These funds will be utilised to support the Company’s ongoing clinical programs.
Novogen CEO, Dr James Garner said “the R&D tax rebate is an important,non-dilutive source of funding for Novogen. The $4.4m is in line with our expectations as reported in the Company’s half yearly report, and will be allocated primarily to progressing our clinical trials for Cantrixil andGDC-0084.”
Novogen’s research and development is directed towards developing meaningful new treatments for cancers where there is a high area of unmet need. The Company has a strong pipeline of drug development assets, ranging in stage frompre-clinical assets to later stage programs, Cantrixil andGDC-0084.
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About Novogen Limited
Novogen Limited (ASX: NRT; NASDAQ: NVGN) is an emerging oncology-focused biotechnology company, based in Sydney, Australia. Novogen has a portfolio of four development candidates, diversified across three distinct technologies, with the potential to yieldfirst-in-class andbest-in-class agents across a range of oncology indications.
The lead program isGDC-0084, a small molecule inhibitor of the PI3K / AKT / mTOR pathway, which is being developed to treat glioblastoma multiforme. Licensed from Genentech in late 2016,GDC-0084 is anticipated to enter phase II clinical trials in 2017. Three further molecules have been developedin-house from two proprietary drug discovery platforms (superbenzopyrans and anti-tropomyosins) to treat ovarian cancer and a range of solid tumours. Cantrixil, the most advanced of these, commenced afirst-in-human clinical study in patients with ovarian cancer in late 2016, while Anisina and Trilexium are in preclinical development.
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