UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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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):
October 28, 2004
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc.
| Michigan (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 0-22025 (Commission File No.) | 94-3096597 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
P.O. Box 376
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(734) 930-5555
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| o | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| o | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| o | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| o | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
| Item 8.01 Other Events. | ||||||||
| Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT 99.1 | ||||||||
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 28, 2004 Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. announced the signing of a clinical trial agreement with the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia for evaluation of the safety and effect of Aastrom’s Tissue Repair Cells in the regeneration of peripheral vascular tissue to treat lower limb ischemia in diabetic patients. The press release announcing this development is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release |
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.
Date: October 28, 2004
| AASTROM BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Alan M. Wright | |||
| Alan M. Wright | ||||
| Senior Vice President, Administrative and Financial Operations, CFO | ||||
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