UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K
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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 12, 2018  

BEIGENE, LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Cayman Islands 001-37686 98-1209416
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

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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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 12, 2018, BeiGene, Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing updated results on its investigational BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib from an oral presentation at the 10th International Workshop on Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia (IWWM). A corrected version of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, with a change to the description of the percent of patients who discontinued treatment due to disease progression from four patients (3%) to four patients (5%).

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Press Release titled “BeiGene Announces Updated Results from the Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Zanubrutinib in Patients with Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia” issued on October 12, 2018


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Press Release titled “BeiGene Announces Updated Results from the Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Zanubrutinib in Patients with Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia” issued on October 12, 2018


SIGNATURE

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.

  BEIGENE, LTD.
     
   
Date: October 16, 2018 By:  /s/ Scott A. Samuels        
    Scott A. Samuels
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel