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): June 22, 2015

 

 

 

TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 001-36019 26-1434750

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

509 Madison Avenue, Suite 306, New York, New York 10022

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 980-9155

 

Copy of correspondence to:

 

Marc J. Ross, Esq.

James M. Turner, Esq.

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

61 Broadway

New York, New York 10006

Tel: (212) 930-9700 Fax: (212) 930-9725

 

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Item 8.01Other Events.

 

On June 22, 2015, Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (the “Company”) announced additional non-clinical data from its TNX-201 (dexisometheptene mucate) program presented in two posters entitled “(R)-Isometheptene (IMH) Binds to the Imidazoline-1 Receptor and (S)-IMH Increases Blood Pressure: Potentially Superior Benefit-to-Risk Ratio for (R)-IMH as an Analgesic for Headache” and “The (R)-isomer of isometheptene, decreases trigeminal sensitivity in the Inflammatory Soup and Spontaneous Trigeminal Allodynia rat models” (collectively, the “Posters”) at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society in Washington, DC.

 

The foregoing description of the Posters is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Posters, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 99.01 and 99.02 to, and are incorporated by reference in, this report.

 

On June 22, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the presentation of additional non-clinical data from its TNX-201 (dexisometheptene mucate) program through the Posters. A copy of the press release that discusses this matter is filed as Exhibit 99.03 to, and incorporated by reference in, this report.

 

The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

99.01 (R)-Isometheptene (IMH) Binds to the Imidazoline-1 Receptor and (S)-IMH Increases Blood Pressure: Potentially Superior Benefit-to-Risk Ratio for (R)-IMH as an Analgesic for Headache Poster
99.02 The (R)-isomer of isometheptene, decreases trigeminal sensitivity in the Inflammatory Soup and Spontaneous Trigeminal Allodynia rat models Poster
99.03 Press Release, dated June 22, 2015, issued by Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirement 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.

 

  TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CORP.
   
Date:  June 22, 2015 By: /s/ LELAND GERSHELL
  Leland Gershell
  Chief Financial Officer

 

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