Form 8-K

 

 

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) December 15, 2009

 

 

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-52228   33-0344842
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

6042 Cornerstone Ct. West, Suite B

San Diego, CA 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(858) 210-3700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On December 15, 2009, James Freedman, Ph.D., M.D., a director of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., tendered his resignation from the Company’s board of directors, effective immediately.

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.

 

    SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: December 16, 2009     By:  

/s/    ANTONIUS SCHUH        

    Name:   Antonius Schuh, Ph.D.
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer