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 29, 2008

Pipex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

01-12584

(Commission

File Number)

13-3808303
(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

3930 Varsity Drive

Ann Arbor, MI 48108

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(734) 332-7800

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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:

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 29, 2008, the Registrant issued a press release reporting that it had received notice from the FDA that the Registrant’s previously filed New Drug Application (NDA) for oral tetrathiomolybdate (COPREXA) has several areas of deficiencies, and that the FDA has therefore not accepted the NDA filing for further review as submitted. The press release is furnished as an exhibit to this current report.

                

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

99.1

Press Release

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

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.

 

PIPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

Dated: January 29, 2008

By: /s/ Steve H. Kanzer

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Steve H. Kanzer

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer