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): February 20, 2018
PROPANC BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-54878 | 33-0662986 | ||
| (State
or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(IRS
Employer Identification No.) |
302, 6 Butler Street Camberwell, VIC, 3124 Australia |
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| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 61 03 9882 6723
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On February 20, 2018, Propanc Biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it received an allowance from the European Patent Office on a key patent application for a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer comprising trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen within the European Union. The allowed patent application is the first approval for the Company in the European Union, which protects the Company’s lead product candidate, PRP, a solution for once-daily intravenous administration of a combination of two pancreatic proenzymes trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen.
A press release relating to such event is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
| Item 9.01 | Exhibits |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated as of February 20, 2018 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Propanc Biopharma, Inc. | ||
| Date: February 20, 2018 | By: | /s/ James Nathanielsz |
| James Nathanielsz | ||
| Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | ||