UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2016

Commission File Number 001-36866

 

 

SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

85b Park Drive

Milton Park, Abingdon

Oxfordshire OX14 4RY

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

FORM 20-F   x             FORM 40-F   ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):   ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

YES   ¨             NO    x

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

 

 

 

On March 29, 2016, Summit Therapeutics plc issued a press release announcing that it will present additional data from the Phase 2 CoDIFy trial at the 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. The related press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

On March 30, 2016, Summit Therapeutics plc issued a press release announcing positive interim data from a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating a new oral formulation of its lead utrophin modulator, SMT C1100, for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The related press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

The information in this Report on Form 6-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC
By:  

/s/ Erik Ostrowski

  Erik Ostrowski
  Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 30, 2016

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

   Description
99.1    Press release dated March 29, 2016
99.2    Press release dated March 30, 2016
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