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): July 6, 2016
 
ACELRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	 	001-35068	 	41-2193603	
(State of incorporation)	 	(Commission File No.)	 	(IRS Employer Identification No.)	

351 Galveston Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 216-3500
 
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company” or “AcelRx”) will participate in various meetings with securities analysts and investors during the Cantor Fitzgerald 2 nd  Annual Healthcare Conference on July 12, 2016 and will utilize a presentation handout during those meetings. The presentation handout, together with a slide setting forth certain cautionary language intended to qualify the forward-looking statements included in the presentation handout, are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference. The presentation handout will also be made available in the “Investor Relations” section of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s website, located at www.acelrx.com.
 
On July 6, 2016, the start date for the IAP312 study was revised to September 2016 on clintrials.gov. The Company has finalized certain modifications to the Zalviso device and pending receipt of the devices from the manufacturer, the Company intends to initiate the IAP312 study in September 2016. The start date for the study may be delayed if the devices received from the manufacturer do not pass final quality checks and certain release specifications.
 
The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report shall be deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.	
 
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number	 	Description	
 	 	
99.1	 	Slide presentation entitled, “AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Corporate Presentation July 2016”	

 

 
 
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.

Date: July 7, 2016	ACELRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	By:	/s/ Jane Wright-Mitchell	 	
 	 	Jane Wright-Mitchell	 	
 	 	Chief Legal Officer 	 	

 

 
 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number	  	Description	
 	 	
99.1	 	Slide presentation entitled, “AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Corporate Presentation July 2016”	

Exhibit 99.1