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): November 16, 2018

 

 

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-36014		26-0662915
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

88 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA		02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 649-8600

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On November 16, 2018, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing updated clinical data from the Company’s Phase 1 study evaluating single agent AG-881 in patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase mutant-positive advanced glioma and other solid tumors. The Company presented the data on November 16, 2018 at the Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference..

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on November 16, 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.

 

				AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: November 16, 2018				By:		/s/ David P. Schenkein
						David P. Schenkein, M.D.
						President and Chief Executive Officer