UNITED STATES

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): May 17, 2005

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.)
   
Two 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)


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 May 17, 2005 Genta Incorporated (“Genta”) issued a press release announcing the release of data from multiple clinical studies using Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection in combination with various types of chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.

On May 17, 2005 Genta issued a press release announcing the release of data from studies of Genasense® in combination with chemotherapy for children with solid tumors and adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer and advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

The press releases are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit
Number
          Description

 
99.1   Press Release dated May 17, 2005
99.2   Press Release dated May 17, 2005

 


 

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:  May 17, 2005 By:    /s/ William P. Keane
  
  
        Name:   
William P. Keane
      Title:  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
  Description Sequentially
Numbered Page
        
99.1   Press Release dated May 17, 2005  
99.2   Press Release dated May 17, 2005