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ITEM 8.01 | Other Events |
On April 14, 2021, Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Anish Bhatnagar, M.D., the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, participated in a Prader-Willi Syndrome (“PWS”) Town Hall meeting hosted by the PWS Community. The Town Hall was held on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 and discussed the use of Diazoxide Choline Extended-Release Tablets (“DCCR”) in PWS. The event featured speakers from the PWS community who provided insights into the challenges of living with PWS as well as patient and caregiver perspectives on DCCR treatment. As part of the meeting Dr. Bhatnagar’s spoke and his remarks highlighted the unmet medical needs facing PWS patients, the company’s ongoing commitment to obtaining regulatory approval for DCCR and an outline of the necessary steps to obtain regulatory approval of DCCR. The remarks have been published as an open letter to the PWS community.
A copy of the open letter to the PWS community is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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99.1 | Open letter to the PWS community dated April 14, 2021. | |
99.2 | Press release issued by Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. dated April 14, 2021. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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.
SOLENO THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||
Date: April 15, 2021 | ||||||
By: | /s/ Anish Bhatnagar | |||||
Anish Bhatnagar | ||||||
Chief Executive Officer |
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