0000944809-18-000043.txt : 20180914 0000944809-18-000043.hdr.sgml : 20180914 20180914170346 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000944809-18-000043 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180914 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20180914 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180914 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Opko Health, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944809 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 752402409 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33528 FILM NUMBER: 181071747 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD. CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33137 BUSINESS PHONE: 305-575-4138 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD. CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33137 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: eXegenics Inc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040505 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EXEGENICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20011114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CYTOCLONAL PHARMACEUTICS INC /DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950503 8-K 1 a8-kseccomment9x14x18.htm 8-K Document

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): September 14, 2018

OPKO Health, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
 
001-33528
 
75-2402409
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

4400 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, Florida
 
33137
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 575-4100

Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report


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ITEM 7.01.
 
Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 14, 2018, OPKO Health, Inc. (“OPKO” or the “Company”) issued a press release regarding The Nasdaq Stock Market’s (“Nasdaq”) resumption of trading in OPKO’s common stock. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 7.01 by reference. The information included in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed 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.

ITEM 8.01.
 
Other Events.
On September 14, 2018, at 1:15 Eastern Daylight Time, Nasdaq resumed trading in OPKO’s common stock.

ITEM 9.01.
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
99.1
 
Press Release of the Company dated September 14, 2018



Exhibit List

 
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
99.1
 



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.

 
 
OPKO Health, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Adam Logal
Date: September 14, 2018
 
Name:
Adam Logal
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 



 EX-99.1 2 ex991pressrelease91418.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit

OPKO CONFIRMS RESUMPTION OF COMMON STOCK TRADING ON NASDAQ
MIAMI, Sept. 14, 2018 -- OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) is pleased to confirm that The Nasdaq Stock Market has lifted the trading suspension of OPKO’s shares.
As noted previously, OPKO and 19 other defendants, including Dr. Phillip Frost, its CEO and Chairman, were named in a Complaint filed on September 7 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Company will vigorously defend itself against these charges.
As noted previously, the SEC’s lawsuit does not contain any allegations about OPKO’s financial practices, financial statements or business practices.
About OPKO Health, Inc.
OPKO Health is a diversified healthcare company. In diagnostics, its BioReference Laboratories is the nation's third largest clinical laboratory; GeneDx is a rapidly growing genetic testing business; the 4Kscore® prostate cancer test is used to confirm an elevated PSA to help decide about next steps such as prostate biopsy; Claros® 1 is a point of care diagnostics platform with PSA and testosterone as the most advanced in development. In our pharmaceutical pipeline, RAYALDEE is our first pharmaceutical product to be marketed. OPK88003, a once weekly oxyntomodulin for type 2 diabetes and obesity in Phase 2 clinical trials, is among a new class of GLP-1 glucagon receptor dual agonists. OPK88004, a SARM (Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator) for treating BPH (Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy), urinary incontinence and other conditions is in clinical trials. The Company’s most advanced product utilizing its CTP technology, a once-weekly human growth hormone for injection, is in Phase 3 trials and is partnered with Pfizer.
OPKO has research, development, production and distribution facilities abroad. More information is available at www.opko.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), which statements may be identified by words such as "expects," "plans," "projects," "will," "may," "anticipates," "believes," "should," "intends," "estimates," and other words of similar meaning, including statements regarding the outcome of the SEC lawsuit, as well as other non-historical statements about our expectations, beliefs or intentions. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the PSLRA.
CONTACT:
Jamie Tully or Devin Broda
Sard Verbinnen & Co
212-687-8080

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