As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2004.

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  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 14, 2004 (December 10, 2004)

 


 

MEDAREX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New Jersey 

 

0-19312

 

22-2822175

(State of other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

707 State Road, Princeton, N.J. 08540-1437

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 430-2880

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


 

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14A-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR.14d-2(b))

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

MEDAREX, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOR

CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

 

Item 8.01

Other Events

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

 

 

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Item 8.01.                                         Other Events.

 

On December 10, 2004, Medarex, Inc. issued a press release to announce that the Federal Trade Commission had requested an extension of the review period in connection with the recently announced global development and commercialization collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for MDX-010, Medarex’s fully human antibody investigational product targeting the CTLA-4 receptor that is currently in Phase III clinical development for the treatment of metastatic melanoma.

 

Item 9.01                                            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)                                  Exhibits.  The following material is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued December 10, 2004

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

MEDAREX, INC.

 

Registrant

 

 

 

 

Date: December 14, 2004

By:

/s/ Christian S. Schade

 

 

Christian S. Schade

 

Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued December 10, 2004

 

 

 

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