UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

Amendment No. 1 to

 

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):  April 28, 2005

 

EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-21863

 

04-3030815

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

161 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02142

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(617) 250-6000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 



 

This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K is being filed solely to correct a typographical error in the press release that is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, in the condensed balance sheet information for the period ended December 31, 2004.

 

Item 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On April 28, 2005, EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release to report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.  A copy of the press release is attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) The following exhibits are furnished with this report:

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Corrected Press Release dated April 28, 2005.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Date: April 29, 2005

/s/ Peyton J. Marshall

 

 

Peyton J. Marshall

 

Senior Vice-President,

 

Finance and Administration,

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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