Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Form: 8-K)  

 


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):   December 7, 2016

Cytokinetics, Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 000-50633 94-3291317
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
280 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California   94080
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (650) 624 - 3000

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 7, 2016, Origent Data Sciences, Inc. (Origent) and Cytokinetics, Inc. announced results from the first part of a research collaboration to refine and prospectively validate an Origent computer model to predict the course of ALS disease progression leveraging data from Cytokinetics’ clinical trials of tirasemtiv. The poster, presented by David L. Ennist, Ph.D., MBA, Chief Science Officer, Origent Data Sciences and Jinsy A. Andrews, M.D., Director of Neuromuscular Clinical Trials, Columbia University, at the 27th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Dublin, Ireland, showed that the Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM) algorithm was the optimal model to predict slow vital capacity (SVC) at times subsequent to baseline and that forced vital capacity (FVC) records could be used to predict slow vital capacity (SVC) scores of ALS patients using this machine learning technique.

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.






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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.

         
    Cytokinetics, Incorporated
          
December 7, 2016   By:   /s/ Sharon A. Barbari
       
        Name: Sharon A. Barbari
        Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer


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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
99.1
  Press Release, Dated December 7, 2016