Athenex (ATNXQ) 8-K Athenex Announces Licensing Agreement with PharmaEssentia for Rights to Oradoxel (Oral Docetaxel) in Certain Asian Territories

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM8-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): November 27, 2018

ATHENEX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38112	43-1985966
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1001 Main Street, Suite 600, Buffalo, New York	14203
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 27, 2018, Athenex, Inc. (the “Company”) and PharmaEssentia Corp. (“PharmaEssentia”) entered into a second amendment to their December 2013out-licensing agreement of Oraxol and Oratecan, which was previously amended in December 2016. In addition to those products, this amendment (the “Amendment”) provides for PharmaEssentia to license Oradoxel from the Company for use in Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. The Company will receive a payment of $2.0 million from PharmaEssentia on or prior to December 15, 2018 in consideration for entering into the Amendment. In addition, the Amendment provides for the Company to receive up to $8.5 million in additional development and regulatory milestone payments related to Oradoxel.

The Company intends to file the Amendment with its Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

In addition to the December 2013out-licensing agreement, the Company and PharmaEssentia are also party to anout-licensing agreement forKX-01 andKX-02 for use in treating psoriasis or othernon-malignant skin conditions in a territory that includes China, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. The Company also owns 68,000 shares of PharmaEssentia, which is a company publicly traded on the Taiwan OTC Exchange.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 29, 2018, the Company issued a press release to report entering into the Amendment. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit     No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued by the Company on November 29, 2018

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.

		ATHENEX, INC.
Date: December 4, 2018	/s/ Randoll Sze
	Name:	Randoll Sze
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer