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): July 29, 2018

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

c/o Mourant Ozannes Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited 94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay Grand Cayman KY1-1108 Cayman Islands
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

+1 (345) 949 4123
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On July 29, 2018, BeiGene, Ltd. (the “Company”) received additional preliminary topline results from the ongoing pivotal Phase 2 trial of tislelizumab, its investigational anti-PD-1 antibody, in Chinese patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma. These additional data had a data cutoff of May 25, 2018 and patients had a minimum of 24 weeks of follow-up, compared to a data cutoff of March 28, 2018 and a minimum of 18 weeks of follow-up reported by the Company in its press release issued on July 22, 2018.  In the earlier report with a data cut-off of March 28, 2018, and a median follow-up time of approximately 6.0 months, a review of responses by an independent review committee showed an overall response rate of 72.9 percent, including 50.0 percent complete response.  In the updated data with a data cut-off of May 25, 2018, and a median follow-up time of 7.85 months, a review of responses by an independent review committee showed an overall response rate of 85.7 percent, including 61.4 percent complete response.  In both data sets, the median duration of response had not been reached.

 

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.

 

	BEIGENE, LTD.
Date: July 30, 2018	By:	/s/ Scott A. Samuels
		Scott A. Samuels
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

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