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): July 5, 2017

 


 

BEIGENE, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Cayman Islands

 

001-37686

 

98-1209416

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

c/o Mourant Ozannes Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited
94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay
Grand Cayman KY1-1108
Cayman Islands

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

+1 (345) 949 4123

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company x

 

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Item 8.01                                           Other Events

 

On July 5, 2017, BeiGene, Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the dosing of the first patient in a pivotal clinical trial of BGB-A317, an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody, in China designed to investigate the efficacy and safety of BGB-A317 in patients with previously treated, PD-L1-positive, locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer. The full text of the Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release issued on July 5, 2017

 

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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: July 5, 2017

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Samuels

 

Name:

Scott A. Samuels

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release issued on July 5, 2017

 

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