BeyondSpring Inc 6-K, filed Nov 10, 2021
BeyondSpring Inc. (BYSI)
6-K
2021-11-10
For: 2021-11-10
View Original
Added on
April 10, 2026
About this 6-K
BeyondSpring Inc filed this 6-K on November 10, 2021.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2021
Commission File Number: 001-38024
BeyondSpring Inc.
BeyondSpring Inc.
28 Liberty Street, 39th Floor
New York, New York 10005
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a
press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
On November 10, 2021, BeyondSpring Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this report, except the second and third paragraphs of Exhibit 99.1, which contain certain quotes by the co-founder, CEO and chairwoman of BeyondSpring Inc. and Mark Santos, is hereby incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statements on Form F-3, File No. 333-257639, File No. 333-249816 and File No. 333-234193, and the Registration Statements on Form S-8, File No. 333-216639 and File No. 333-240082.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
|
BeyondSpring Inc.
|
||
|
By:
|
/s/ Lan Huang
|
|
|
Name: Lan Huang
|
||
|
Title: Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
|
||
|
Date: November 10, 2021
|
||
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
Exhibit No.
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
Press release, dated November 10, 2021.
|
||
Exhibit 99.1
BeyondSpring Appoints Commercial Leader Mark Santos to its Board of Directors
NEW YORK, November 10, 2021 — BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals (the “Company” or “BeyondSpring”) (NASDAQ: BYSI), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative cancer therapeutics, today announced the appointment
of Mark Santos, RPh, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Santos has over 30 years of executive experience across the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, currently serving as the Senior Vice President of Pharma Strategy &
Contracting at OneOncology. He was President of ION Solutions, the leading GPO in the U.S., from 2011 to 2018.
“We’re honored to have industry veteran Mr. Santos join our Board as BeyondSpring is making the transition into an R&D and commercial company. As President of ION Solutions, he was instrumental in developing a multi-layered approach that
drove innovative value for ION’s pharmaceutical partners and physician members, and helped transform and optimize the contracting process,” said Dr. Lan Huang, co-founder, CEO and chairwoman of BeyondSpring. “Mr. Santos’ knowledge of industry
needs, combined with his exceptional understanding of community practices, brings great value to the planning and launch support for new agents into the oncology market.”
Mark Santos, RPh, added, “It is exciting to be joining BeyondSpring’s Board at this critical value inflection point where plinabulin’s clinical data has demonstrated its potential to make a significant impact in the oncology space as both an
anti-cancer agent and in CIN prevention. As someone who has worked in oncology for much of my career, I very much look forward to being a part of this important next step in plinabulin’s journey and to seeing it potentially make a difference in the
lives of cancer patients globally.”
In 2001, Mr. Santos joined the startup phase of what became ION Solutions GPO where under his leadership as
President, the GPO grew to a market leadership position. He currently serves as a board member of several other institutions, including Healthy Engage, the American Cancer Society (South Texas Chapter), the NY Cancer Foundation and the Leukemia
Texas Foundation (Houston Chapter). He also has provider experience as a chemotherapy compounding pharmacist from his time in private practice. Mr. Santos has a B.S. in
pharmacy from the Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy.
About BeyondSpring
Headquartered in New York City, BeyondSpring is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative cancer therapies to improve clinical outcomes for patients who have high unmet medical needs. BeyondSpring’s first-in-class lead
asset plinabulin, a selective immunomodulating microtubule-binding agent (SIMBA), is being developed as a “pipeline in a drug.” It is filed for approval and has received Priority Review in the U.S. and China for the prevention of
chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) with a PDUFA date of November 30, 2021 in the U.S. and recently announced positive data from the Phase 3 pivotal study (DUBLIN-3) to test an anti-cancer benefit, which met the overall survival primary endpoint
in NSCLC. Additionally, it is being studied broadly in combination with various immuno-oncology regimens that could boost the effects of PD-1 / PD-L1 antibodies. In addition to plinabulin, BeyondSpring’s extensive pipeline includes three
preclinical immuno-oncology assets and a subsidiary, SEED Therapeutics, which is leveraging a proprietary targeted protein degradation drug discovery platform.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that are not historical facts. Words such as “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “believe,” “design,” “may,” “future,” “estimate,” “predict,” “objective,” “goal,” or variations thereof
and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on BeyondSpring’s current knowledge and its present beliefs and expectations regarding possible
future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors including, but not
limited to, difficulties raising the anticipated amount needed to finance the Company’s future operations on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all, unexpected results of clinical trials, delays or denial in regulatory approval process,
results that do not meet our expectations regarding the potential safety, the ultimate efficacy or clinical utility of our product candidates, increased competition in the market, and other risks described in BeyondSpring’s most recent Form 20-F
on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this release and BeyondSpring undertakes no obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances, except as otherwise required by law.
Investor Contact:
Ashley R. Robinson
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
+1 617-430-7577
arr@lifesciadvisors.com
Media Contact:
Darren Opland, Ph.D.
LifeSci Communications
+1 646-627-8387
darren@lifescicomms.com