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): March 23, 2016
RETROPHIN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36257 | 27-4842691 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 12255 El Camino Real, Suite 250 San Diego, CA |
92130 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (760) 260-8600
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Retrophin, Inc. (the “Company”) and Mission Pharmacal Company (“Mission”) are parties to that certain Trademark License and Supply Agreement, dated May 28, 2014, as amended (the “Supply Agreement”), pursuant to which Mission has granted the Company an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to market, sell and commercialize Thiola and a non-exclusive license to use know-how relating to Thiola to the extent necessary to market Thiola.
On March 23, 2016, the Company and Mission entered into a Third Amendment to Trademark License and Supply Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) pursuant to which the Company and Mission agreed to amend the Supply Agreement to, among other things, include a new formulation development project for tiopronin tablets.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Third Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Amendment, which will be filed by the Company as an exhibit to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2016.
SIGNATURE
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.
| RETROPHIN, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: March 24, 2016 | By: | /s/ Stephen Aselage | ||||
| Name: | Stephen Aselage | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||