UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2020
(Commission File No. 001-38215)
NUCANA PLC
(Translation of registrants name into English)
3 Lochside Way
Edinburgh EH12 9DT
United Kingdom
(Address of registrants principal executive office)
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Other Events
On May 5, 2020, NuCana plc (the Company) issued a press release announcing that it has re-commenced enrollment of new patients in NuTide:121, its ongoing global Phase III study of Acelarin (NUC-1031) plus cisplatin in patients with biliary tract cancer. The re-opening of NuTide:121 has begun in certain geographies, including Australia, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. The Company will work closely with the clinicians involved in NuTide:121 to re-open all of the clinical sites to new patient enrollment as soon as practicable.
The information set forth above in this Report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form F-3 (File Number 333-227624) and Form S-8 (File Number 333-223476), and related prospectuses, as such registration statements and prospectuses may be amended from time to time, and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
The press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for the 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 made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Exhibits
Exhibit | Description | |
99.1 | Press Release dated May 5, 2020 |
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.
NuCana plc | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Donald Munoz | |||||||
Name: | Donald Munoz | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: May 5, 2020