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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): May 7, 2010
 
 
NILE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
         
Delaware
  
001-34058
  
88-0363465
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
4 West 4th Ave., Suite 400
San Mateo, California 94402
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(650) 458-2670
(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 May 7, 2010, Nile Therapeutics, Inc. issued a press release announcing completion of the dose escalation stage of its ongoing Phase II study of CD-NP in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
99.1
  
Press release dated May 7, 2010.


 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
NILE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
  
       
       
Date:  May 7, 2010
By:
      /s/ Joshua A. Kazam
  
   
      Joshua A. Kazam
  
          President and Chief Executive Officer  
       
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
  
Description
     
99.1
  
Press release dated May 7, 2010.

 

 
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