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 15, 2009

 

Array BioPharma Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-31979

 

84-1460811

(State or Other

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

Jurisdiction of

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado

 

80301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (303) 381-6600

 

 

(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):

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events

 

On July 15, 2009, Array BioPharma Inc. issued a press release announcing the filing of an IND application for a Phase 1 Clinical Trial of its lead MEK Inhibitor in cancer patients.  The full text of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1

 

Press release dated July 15, 2009 entitled “Array BioPharma Advances Its Lead MEK Inhibitor Into Cancer.”

 

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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.

 

 

 

ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: July 15, 2009

By:

/s/ R. Michael Carruthers

 

 

R. Michael Carruthers

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated July 15, 2009 entitled “Array BioPharma Advances Its Lead MEK Inhibitor Into Cancer.”

 

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