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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): September 12, 2024

 

 

Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38978   47-4839948
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

26 Landsdowne Street  
Cambridge, Massachusetts   02139
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 651-8851

N/A

(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share   FULC   Nasdaq Global Market

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 

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. 

 

 

 


Item 8.01

Other Events

On September 12, 2024, Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc., or Fulcrum, issued a press release announcing topline results from its Phase 3 REACH clinical trial of losmapimod in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD. As announced, Fulcrum’s Phase 3 REACH trial did not achieve its primary endpoint of change from baseline in relative surface area with losmapimod compared to placebo. In addition, secondary endpoints did not achieve nominal statistical significance. The safety and tolerability profile of losmapimod was consistent with previously reported studies.

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

   Description
99.1    Press release dated September 12, 2024.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


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.

 

      FULCRUM THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: September 12, 2024     By:  

/s/ Alex C. Sapir

    Name:   Alex C. Sapir
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer