NuCana (NCNA) 6-K NuCana Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE13a-16 OR15d-16

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of June 2019

(Commission FileNo. 001-38215)

NUCANA PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

3 Lochside Way

Edinburgh EH12 9DT

United Kingdom

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

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Other Events

On June 12, 2019, NuCana plc (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan-drug designation for the Company’s investigational drug, Acelarin^® (NUC-1031), for the treatment of biliary tract cancer. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise set forth herein or as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Exhibits

99.1 Press Release, dated June 12, 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.

NuCana plc
By:	/s/ Donald Munoz
Name:	Donald Munoz
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Date: June 13, 2019