EPRX Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc

 

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

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November 2024

Commission File Number 001-41923

 

EUPRAXIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name)

201-2067 Cadboro Bay Road

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8R 5G4

Telephone: (250) 590-3968

(Address and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F ☐   Form 40-F ☒

 

 

DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS REPORT

 

Exhibit
99.1		Press Release, dated November 14, 2024

 

 

 

 

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.

 

				Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Date: November 14, 2024				By:		/s/ Bruce Cousins
						Name: Bruce Cousins
						Title: President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals to Present at American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2024 Annual Meeting

Victoria, B.C. – November 14, 2024 – Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Eupraxia” or the “Company”) (TSX: EPRX) (NASDAQ: EPRX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary DiffuSphere™ technology designed to optimize drug delivery for applications with significant unmet need, today announced that the Company will be presenting a poster at the American College of Rheumatology (the “ACR”) Convergence 2024 Annual Meeting, being held in Washington, D.C. from November 14-19, 2024.

The Annual Meeting is a premier annual rheumatology event hosted by the ACR.

The ACR offers physicians, health professionals, researchers and scientists from around the world education, research, advocacy and practice management support to help its members continue their innovative work and provide quality patient care.

Poster Details:

Poster Number:	2106
Poster Title:	EP-104IAR (Long-Acting Intra-Articular Injection of Fluticasone Propionate) Shows Sustained Improvement in Pain for Subjects with Moderate Baseline Pain and BMI Less Than 30 in SPRINGBOARD, a Phase 2, Randomized, 24-Week Study of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Session Date & Time:	Monday, November 18, 2024, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
Presenter:	Philip G. Conaghan

 

The poster will be made available on Eupraxia's website at:

https://eupraxiapharma.com/our-science/clinical-trials-and-publications/default.aspx.

 

About Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Eupraxia is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of locally delivered, extended-release products that have the potential to address therapeutic areas with high unmet medical need. DiffuSphere™, a proprietary, polymer-based micro-sphere technology, is designed to facilitate targeted drug delivery of both existing and novel drugs. The technology is designed to support extended duration of effect and delivery of drugs in a hyper-localized fashion, targeting only the tissues that physicians are wanting to treat. We believe the potential for fewer adverse events may be achieved through the precision targeting and the stable and flat delivery of the active ingredient when using the DiffuSphere™ technology, versus the peaks and troughs seen with more traditional drug delivery methods. The precision of Eupraxia’s DiffuSphere™ technology platform has the potential to augment and transform existing FDA-approved drugs to improve their safety, tolerability, efficacy and duration of effect. The potential uses in therapeutic areas may go beyond pain and inflammatory gastrointestinal disease, where Eupraxia currently is developing advanced treatments, to also be applicable in oncology, infectious disease and other critical disease areas.

 

Notice Regarding Forward-looking Statements and Information

This news release includes forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "is expected", "expects", “suggests”, "scheduled", "intends", "contemplates", "anticipates", "believes", "proposes", "potential" or variations (including negative and grammatical variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the details of the Company’s presentation at the ACR Convergence 2024 Annual Meeting; the Company's product candidates, including their expected benefits to patients with respect to safety, tolerability, efficacy and duration; the results gathered from studies and trials of Eupraxia's product candidates; the potential for the Company's technology to impact the drug delivery process; potential market opportunity for the Company’s products; and potential pipeline indications. Such statements and information are based on the current expectations of Eupraxia's management, and are based on assumptions, including but not limited to: future research and development plans for the Company proceeding substantially as currently envisioned; industry growth trends, including with respect to projected and actual industry sales; the Company's ability to obtain positive results from the Company's research and development activities, including clinical trials; and the Company's ability to protect patents and proprietary rights. Although Eupraxia's management believes that the assumptions underlying these statements and information are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this news release may not occur by certain dates or at all and could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Eupraxia, including, but not limited to: risks and uncertainties related to the Company's limited operating history; the Company's novel technology with uncertain market acceptance; if the Company breaches any of the agreements under which it licenses rights to its product candidates or technology from third parties, the Company could lose license rights that are important to its business; the Company's current license agreement may not provide an adequate remedy for its breach by the licensor; the Company's technology may not be successful for its intended use; the Company's future technology will require regulatory approval, which is costly and the Company may not be able to obtain it; the Company may fail to obtain regulatory approvals or only obtain approvals for limited uses or indications; the Company's clinical trials may fail to demonstrate adequately the safety and efficacy of its product candidates at any stage of clinical development; the Company may be required to suspend or discontinue clinical trials due to side effects or other safety risks; the Company completely relies on third parties to provide supplies and inputs required for its products and services; the Company relies on external contract research organizations to provide clinical and non-clinical research services; the Company may not be able to successfully execute its business strategy; the Company will require additional financing, which may not be available; any therapeutics the Company develops will be subject to extensive, lengthy and uncertain regulatory requirements, which could adversely affect the Company's ability to obtain regulatory approval in a timely manner, or at all; the impact of health pandemics or epidemics on the Company's operations; the Company's restatement of its consolidated financial statements, which may lead to additional risks and uncertainties, including loss of investor confidence and negative impacts on the Company's common share price; and other risks and uncertainties described in more detail in Eupraxia's public filings on SEDAR+ (sedarplus.ca) and EDGAR (sec.gov). Although Eupraxia has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements and information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. No forward-looking statement or information can be guaranteed. Except as required by applicable securities laws, forward-looking statements and information speak only as of the date on which they are made and Eupraxia undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

Danielle Egan, Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
778.401.3302

degan@eupraxiapharma.com

 

or

 

Adam Peeler, on behalf of:

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

416.427.1235

adam.peeler@loderockadvisors.com

SOURCE Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

 

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