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 14, 2015
COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36721 | 27-3615821 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94065
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 649-3530
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On April 14, 2015, Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”) obtained positive results of a repeat Phase 1 pharmacokinetic (PK) bioequivalence study for CHS-0214, its etanercept (Enbrel®) biosimilar candidate. This study was initiated due to the change in the manufacturing location from the United States to the European Union of its CHS-0214 biosimilar candidate, and compared the E.U. produced CHS-0214 to a lot of Enbrel manufactured in Europe. The design of this trial was a single-dose, cross-over study that enrolled 53 healthy volunteers, of which 44 completed the study. The study met all bioequivalence criteria, as the 90% confidence intervals of the ratio for all parameters (maximum serum concentration (Cmax), area under the time-concentration curve from first to last time point measured (AUC0-t), and area under the time-concentration curve from first time point to infinity (AUC0-inf)) fall fully within the bioequivalence boundaries of 80-125%.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 17, 2015 | COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Jean-Frédéric Viret | |||||
| Name: | Jean-Frédéric Viret | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||