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): April 6, 2018 (April 3, 2018)
MIRAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 001-36483 | | 47-1187261 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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6200 Lookout Rd. Boulder, CO | | 80301 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720)643-5200
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 3, 2018, Miragen Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a seventh amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain License and Collaboration Agreement (the “Servier Agreement”) between the Company and Les Laboratoires Servier and Institut de Recherches Servier (collectively, “Servier”).
Among other things, the Amendment updates the development plan for the Company’s product candidate,MRG-110, which is an inhibitor ofmicroRNA-92 and is being developed under the Servier Agreement for the treatment of heart failure and other ischemic disease. The Amendment, among other things, (i) updates the development plan forMRG-110 and cost-sharing provisions associated therewith, (ii) provides for specified development cost reimbursement by Servier to the Company following a determination by a joint committee established by the parties under the Servier Agreement that the outcome of a specified portion of a Phase 1 clinical trial has met its primary end point, and (iii) provides for additional development plan cost reimbursement by Servier to the Company following a determination by a joint committee established by the parties under the Servier Agreement that a product candidate targetingmicroRNA-92 will proceed into a Phase 2 clinical trial.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment. The Company anticipates filing a copy of the Amendment with its periodic report on Form10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 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.
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| | | | Miragen Therapeutics, Inc. |
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| Date: April 6, 2018 | | | | By: | | /s/ Jason A. Leverone |
| | | | | | Jason A. Leverone Chief Financial Officer |
