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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):    October 15, 2009    

Commission File No. 000-16929


SOLIGENIX, INC.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)


DELAWARE
  
41-1505029
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
29 Emmons Drive, Suite C-10
Princeton, NJ
  
 
08540
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
(609) 538-8200
  
 
(Issuer’s telephone number, including area code)
  


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Item 8.01.  Other Events.
 
    On October 15, 2009, Soligenix, Inc., (the Company), formerly known as DOR BioPharma, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company, announced that it initiated enrollment in its confirmatory Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial evaluating orBec® for the treatment of acute gastrointestinal Graft-versus-Host disease (GI GVHD). The initiation of enrollment in this trial also triggered the payment and receipt by the Company of a $1 million milestone pursuant to the Company’s collaboration agreement with Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.       Description
 
99.1          Press release issued by the Company on October 15, 2009.



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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.

                           SOLIGENIX, INC.



October 19, 2009
by:
/s/ Christopher J. Schaber
   
Christopher J. Schaber, Ph.D.
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
   
(Principal Executive Officer)
     



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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.            Description

99.1        Press release issued by the Company on October 15, 2009.


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