UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): October 14, 2008
NILE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-34058 | 88-0363465 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
115 Sansome Street, Suite 310
San Francisco, California 94104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(415) 875-7880
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On October 14, 2008, Nile Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, issued a press release announcing interim data from its multi-center, open-label Phase 2a clinical study of CD-NP, a novel chimeric natriuretic peptide, in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure. A copy of the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
The information in this Item 7.01, including that incorporated herein by reference, is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01, including that incorporated herein by reference, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Nile Therapeutics, Inc. dated October 14, 2008. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 15, 2008 | NILE THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Peter M. Strumph | |||||||
| Name: | Peter M. Strumph | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Nile Therapeutics, Inc. dated October 14, 2008. | |