U.S. 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): April 8, 2020
AKERS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey | 001-36268 | 22-2983783 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
incorporation or organization) | File Number) | Identification Number) |
201 Grove Road
Thorofare, New Jersey USA 08086
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(856) 848-8698
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock, no par value | AKER | The NASDAQ Capital Market |
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On April 8, 2020, Akers Biosciences, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its collaboration with Premas Biotech has successfully completed a second milestone, the successful expression of the three coronavirus antigens, Spike (S), Envelope (E), and Membrane (M), that were selected for their vaccine candidate. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Press release, dated April 8, 2020 |
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.
AKERS BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |
Dated: April 14, 2020 | /s/ Christopher C. Schreiber |
Christopher C. Schreiber | |
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director |
Exhibit 99.1
Akers Biosciences and Premas Biotech Announce Successful Expression of Coronavirus Antigens
Thorofare, New Jersey, April 8, 2020/ — Akers Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: AKER), a developer of rapid health information technologies, today announced that its collaboration with Premas Biotech has successfully completed a second milestone, the successful expression of the three coronavirus antigens, Spike (S), Envelope (E), and Membrane (M), that were selected for their vaccine candidate. The antigens have been expressed using the D-CryptTM platform at Premas Biotech, which utilizes its vectors and S cerevisiae strain. Premas is now moving forward with purification and post-expression processing, which we believe should lead to a scaling up of the antigens.
Prabuddha Kundu, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Premas Biotech, commented, “We are happy to announce our success in expressing all three antigens. We continue to believe that the immune system is better served with three shots on goal and our inclusion of the S, E, and M antigens together should enhance the efficacy of our vaccine candidate. We are also pleased with the expedited nature of our milestones thus far, which is a positive step towards our goal to reach clinical trials.”
Christopher Schreiber, Executive Chairman of Akers, stated, “We are now halfway through our four-milestone plan that we believe will allow us to commence clinical trials. Our partnership with Premas is executing very well and we look forward to sharing the next milestones as they occur in the weeks to come.”
About Premas Biotech
Premas Biotech develops novel technologies and partners with global biopharmaceutical companies to build and develop novel biotherapeutic & vaccine candidates. Premas’ key focus areas are infectious diseases, cancer, metabolic disorders and inflammation. Besides D-CryptTM the difficult to express proteins expression platform, Premas’ leading technologies include Axtex-4D™: an ex-vivo tissueoid generation platform and C-Qwence™: a fully human naive India based scFv antibody library. Further information is available on the Company’s website: www.premasbiotech.com
Contact email: contact@premasbiotech.com
About Akers Biosciences Inc.
Akers Biosciences is pursuing the development of a newly acquired license to a coronavirus vaccine candidate. In addition, the company develops, manufactures, and supplies rapid, point of care screening and testing products designed to bring health related information directly to the patient or clinician in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Akers has previously announced that that it had identified the hemp and minor cannabinoid sectors as promising adjacent opportunities that could benefit from Akers’ existing facility and its core competencies.
Additional information on the company and its products can be found at www.akersbio.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release relating to plans, strategies, trends, specific activities or investments, and other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts and may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include any risks detailed from time to time in Akers’ reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or similar terms or the negative of these terms. Although Akers believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, they cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements will be obtained. Akers does not have any obligation to update these forward-looking statements other than as required by law.
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