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): December 19, 2016
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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| Delaware | | 001-35837 | | 20-5276217 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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480 Arsenal Street, Suite 110, Watertown, Massachusetts | | 02472 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 715-3600
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 19, 2016, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that, during the second half of 2017, it plans to file a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency for the intravenous (“IV”) form of its antibiotic candidate eravacycline for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections. The Company also announced that, during the first quarter of 2017, it plans to initiate IGNITE3, a randomized, multi-center, double-blind, phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of once-daily IV eravacycline compared to ertapenem for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections.
A copy of the press release announcing these events has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index attached hereto.
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.
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| | | | By: | | /s/ Maria D. Stahl |
| Date: December 19, 2016 | | | | | | Maria D. Stahl |
| | | | | | Senior Vice President, General Counsel |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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| 99.1 | | Press Release issued by Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated December 19, 2016. |
