UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 27, 2005

 

EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

 

000-21863

 

04-3030815

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

161 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

 

 

 

(617) 250-6000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

 

 

(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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On July 27, 2005, EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release that announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) The following exhibits are furnished with this report:

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated July 27, 2005.

 

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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.

 

 
 
EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: July 27, 2005

 

  /s/ Michael D. Webb

 

 

 

       Michael D. Webb

 

 

       Chief Executive Officer

 

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