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): January 23, 2019

 

Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware		001-38738		37-1858472
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

21925 W. Field Parkway, Suite 235 Deer Park, Illinois		60010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 787-7361

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company [X]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [X]

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On January 23, 2019 Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eton”) entered into a Licensing and Supply Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Liqmeds Worldwide Limited (“LMW”) for ET-104 oral liquid, a development stage product candidate (“ET-104”).

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Eton will be responsible for regulatory and marketing activities. LMW will be responsible for development and manufacturing of ET-104. Eton is obligated to pay to LMW licensing payments of up to $2.5 million based on achievement of the following milestones:

 

	●	$350,000 upon execution of the Agreement;
	●	$350,000 upon successful bioequivalence study results;
	●	$325,000 upon New Drug Application (“NDA”) acceptance for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”);
	●	$325,000 upon NDA approval;
	●	$650,000 upon issuance of patent listed in the FDA’s Orange Book; and
	●	$500,000 when product sales first exceed $10 million in a calendar year.

 

Eton will also pay to LMW 35% of product profit from commercial sales. The Agreement has a ten-year term, and Eton will retain sole ownership of the NDA after expiration of the Agreement

 

 

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.

 

	Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: January 24, 2019	/s/ W. Wilson Troutman
	W. Wilson Troutman
	Chief Financial Officer and Secretary