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)
June 8, 2012

HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	0-27072	52-0845822
(state or other juris-	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
diction of incorporation)	File Number)	(Identification No.)

 

1617 JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19103
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (215) 988-0080

 

 

(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):

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On July 11, 2012, Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. issued a press release announcing the results of its recent meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto and incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K that is required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits:

 

99.1	Press Release dated July 11, 2012.

 

 

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.

 

	HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA, INC.
July 11, 2012	By:	/s/ William A. Carter
		William A. Carter M.D., Chief Executive Officer