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
December 2019
Commission file number: 001-36288
Akari Therapeutics, Plc
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
75/76 Wimpole Street
London W1G 9RT
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_____
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_____
CONTENTS
On December 23, 2019, Akari Therapeutics, Plc (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigational new drug application (IND) is open for its multicentre Phase III study for the treatment of paediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant-Related Thrombotic Microangiopathy (HSCT-TMA) with nomacopan, allowing clinical sites to open in the first quarter of 2020. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information in paragraphs one and three of Exhibit 99.1 is hereby incorporated by reference into all effective registration statements filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933.
Exhibit No.
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 23, 2019. |
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| | Akari Therapeutics, Plc | |
| | (Registrant) | |
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| | By: | /s/ Clive Richardson | |
| | Name: Title: | Clive Richardson Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer | |
Date: December 23, 2019
