genta_8k-042611.htm


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):  April 26, 2011
 
GENTA INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
Delaware
 
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
0-19635
 
33-0326866
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
200 Connell Drive
Berkeley Heights, NJ
 
07922
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
(908) 286-9800
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 


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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 26, 2011, Genta Incorporated announced that it has initiated a new clinical trial of tesetaxel in Japan as part of a comprehensive new initiative.  Tesetaxel, the leading oral taxane in clinical development, will be evaluated over a limited dosing-range as a single agent in patients with advanced cancer.  The new trial will be conducted at Kinki University in Osaka, which will enable the next generation of clinical studies in Japan.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
Number
 
 
Description
 
99.1
 
Press Release of the Company dated April 26, 2011
 

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.
 
   
GENTA INCORPORATED
 
Date:
April 26, 2011
 
By:
/s/ GARY SIEGEL
       
Name:
Gary Siegel
       
Title:
Vice President, Finance