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
April 17, 2019
Date of Report
MARKER THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-37939 | 45-4497941 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
|
3200 Southwest Freeway Suite 2240 Houston, Texas |
77027 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(713) 400-6400
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Marker Therapeutics, Inc. (“Marker” or the “Company”) previously communicated its understanding that Baylor College of Medicine (“BCM”) clinicians would present initial clinical data with our MultiTAA T cell therapy in pancreatic cancer in the second quarter at the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology (“ASCO”) meeting. BCM submitted its abstract to ASCO’s Trials in Progress (“TIP”) track. As ASCO’s rules prohibit the inclusion of clinical outcome data in TIP abstract submissions, BCM’s clinical trial design abstract did not include any clinical data. The abstract was not accepted by ASCO.
Marker now expects to report more mature data from the BCM’s ongoing pancreatic study in the third quarter.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
This Report contains forward-looking
statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this
Report concerning the Company’s expectations, plans, business outlook or future performance, and any other statements concerning
assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are “forward-looking
statements”. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs, projections, outlook, analyses
or current expectations concerning, among other things: our research and development activities relating to our non-engineered
multi-tumor antigen specific T cell therapies; our TPIV200 and TPIV100/110 programs and our PolyStart™ program; the effectiveness
of these programs or the possible range of application and potential curative effects and safety in the treatment of diseases;
and, the timing and success of our clinical trials, as well as multi-tumor antigen specific T cell clinical trials conducted by
our collaborators. Forward-looking statements are by their nature subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. Such risks, uncertainties and factors include,
but are not limited to the risks set forth in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K and other SEC filings which are available
through EDGAR at www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to update our forward-looking statements whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this Report.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on this 17th day of April, 2019.
| MARKER THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| BY: | /s/ Michael Loiacono | |
| Michael Loiacono | ||
| Chief Accounting Officer | ||