UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of May, 2015
Commission File Number: 001-37368
ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC
(Translation of registrants name into English)
91 Park Drive, Milton Park
Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RY
United Kingdom
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Other Events
On May 20, 2015, Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (the Company) issued a press release announcing that it has augmented its senior management team with the additions of Lini Pandite, M.D. as Senior Vice President, Clinical Development, and Anne-Marie (Annie) Martin, Ph.D. as Vice President, Head of Biomarker Research and Development. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
On May 21, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing that it will present data on its lead clinical program, an affinity enhanced T-cell receptor (TCR) therapeutic targeting the NY-ESO-1 cancer antigen at the 2015 Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated May 20, 2015 |
99.2 Press release dated May 21, 2015 |
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, thereunto duly authorized.
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/s/ Margaret Henry |
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Margaret Henry |
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Corporate Secretary |
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Date: May 21, 2015 |
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