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 31, 2019
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-31326 | 84-1368850 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 950 Winter Street Waltham, MA |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (781) 577-5300
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share | ELOX | The Nasdaq Global Market |
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On July 31, 2019, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release announcing, among other things, the opening of its investigational new drug application in the U.S. for a phase 2 clinical trial of ELX-02 in cystic fibrosis patients with the G542X mutation and protocol endorsement from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, as well as information regarding the Company’s webcast and conference call on August 7, 2019 at 8:30 am ET to report second quarter 2019 financial results and provide a business update. A copy of the press release is filed herewith 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 |
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Exhibit No. |
Description | ||
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated July 31, 2019. |
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.
| ELOXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| By: |
/s/ Gregory Weaver | |
| Name: | Gregory Weaver | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: July 31, 2019
Exhibit 99.1
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Announces Open Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ELX-02 in Cystic Fibrosis Patients with the G542X Mutation in the US and Protocol Endorsement from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF)
On track to report top line data from Phase 2 clinical trials for ELX-02 in cystic fibrosis and cystinosis
in the U.S., Europe, Israel, and Canada in 2019
Company to host webcast and conference call on August 7, 2019 at 8:30 am ET to report second
quarter 2019 financial results and provide a business update
Waltham, MA. – July 31, 2019 – Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ: ELOX) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics to treat cystic fibrosis, cystinosis, inherited retinal disorders, and other diseases caused by nonsense mutations limiting production of functional proteins, today announced that an IND for ELX-02 in cystic fibrosis is now open in the U.S. and the Phase 2 clinical trial has been endorsed by the CFF.
“We are very pleased that our IND is open in the U.S. and the protocol for our Phase 2 clinical trial in cystic fibrosis has been endorsed by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) in the U.S. Dr. Ahmet Uluer, Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at the Boston Children’s Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital CF Center, has agreed to be the lead study investigator in the U.S., and Professor Kerem Eitan, M.D., Head of the Division of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Hadassah Medical Center, will serve as the Global Lead Investigator. We are gratified by the participation of these two leading experts and we look forward to reporting top line data later this year,” said Robert E. Ward, Chairman and CEO of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals. “We believe that the positive data we have generated for ELX-02 in cystic fibrosis patient-derived organoids substantially de-risk our Phase 2 program.”
“I am very pleased to be leading the Phase 2 clinical trial of ELX-02 in cystic fibrosis patients with the G542X mutation on one or both alleles in the U.S. These patients have a high unmet medical need and few if any targeted treatment options. ELX-02 is the only therapy to have demonstrated positive results in organoids derived from cystic fibrosis patients across the majority of nonsense mutations and studies have shown the organoid model to be highly predictive of clinical benefit,” said Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. “While important progress has been made in the development of disease modifying treatments for patients with cystic fibrosis, patients with nonsense mutations represent the most severe phenotypes and often do not respond to currently available therapies,” said Dr. Kerem Eitan, Head of the Division of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Hadassah Medical Center. “I am excited to lead this clinical trial of ELX-02 which may provide a new therapeutic approach for these patients.”
Conference Call Information:
Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Time: 8:30 a.m. ET
Domestic Dial-in Number: (866) 913-8546
International Dial-in Number: (210) 874-7715
Conference ID: 1754316
Live Webcast: accessible from the Company's website at www.eloxxpharma.com under Events and Presentations or with this link:https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/9axiqnvt
About Eloxx Pharmaceuticals
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel RNA-modulating drug candidates (designed to be eukaryotic ribosomal selective glycosides) that are formulated to treat rare and ultra-rare premature stop codon diseases. Premature stop codons are point mutations that disrupt protein synthesis from messenger RNA. As a consequence, patients with premature stop codon diseases have reduced or eliminated protein production from the mutation bearing allele accounting for some of the most severe phenotypes in these genetic diseases. These premature stop codons have been identified in over 1,800 rare and ultra-rare diseases. Read-through therapeutic development is focused on extending mRNA half-life and increasing protein synthesis by enabling the cytoplasmic ribosome to read through premature stop codons to produce full-length proteins. Eloxx’s lead investigational product candidate, ELX-02, is a small molecule drug candidate designed to restore production of full-length functional proteins. ELX-02 is in the early stages of clinical development focusing on cystic fibrosis and cystinosis. ELX-02 is an investigational drug that has not been approved by any global regulatory body. Eloxx’s preclinical candidate pool consists of a library of novel drug candidates designed to be eukaryotic ribosomal selective glycosides identified based on read-through potential. Eloxx recently announced a new program focused on rare ocular genetic disorders. Eloxx is headquartered in Waltham, MA, with operations in Rehovot, Israel. For more information, please visit www.eloxxpharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Contact:
Barbara Ryan
203-274-2825
barbarar@eloxxpharma.com