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 3,
2008 (December 2, 2008)
Neuralstem,
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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000-1357459
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52-2007292
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employee Identification
No.)
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9700
Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(301)
366-4841
(Issuer
Telephone number)
Check
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Item
8.01 Other
Events
On
December 2, 2008, Neuralstem, Inc. (“Company”) issued a press release announcing
a collaboration between the Company and China Medical University &
Hospital of Taiwan. The purpose of the collaboration is to
advance the development of the Company’s human spinal cord neural stem
cell therapies with a focus on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou
Gehrig’s disease). A copy of the press release is attached to this report as
Exhibit 99.1.
The
information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits
attached hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for 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 such information
or such exhibits be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing 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. The information
set
forth in or exhibits to this Form 8-K shall not be deemed an admission as to
the
materiality of any information in this report on Form 8-K.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statement and Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release Dated December 2, 2008
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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NEURALSTEM,
INC
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By: |
/s/ I.
Richard Garr |
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I.
Richard Garr |
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Dated:
December 3, 2008