UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 28, 2011
BG Medicine, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
001-33827
(Commission File Number)
Delaware | 04-3506204 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
610 Lincoln Street North, Waltham, Massachusetts | 02451 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(781) 890-1199
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On December 28, 2011, BG Medicine, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company has filed a 510(k) premarket notification (the “510k Notification”) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for regulatory clearance of the Company’s AMIPredict cardiovascular diagnostic test.
A copy of the press release is being filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and the information contained therein is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. | |
99.1 | Press Release dated December 28, 2011 announcing the Company’s filing of the 510k Notification. |
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.
BG MEDICINE, INC. | ||||||
Date: December 28, 2011 | /s/ Pieter Muntendam, M.D. | |||||
Pieter Muntendam, M.D. | ||||||
President & Chief Executive Officer |