UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

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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):  October 6, 2006

 

GENTA INCORPORATED

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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-19635

 

33-0326866

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

200 Connell Drive

Berkeley Heights, NJ

 

07922

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

(908) 286-9800

 

___________________________________________
(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:


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


 

Item 8.01 Other Events.


On October 6, 2006, Genta Incorporated (NASDAQ: GNTA) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s proposal for a randomized trial of Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has completed Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  


The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Form 8-K 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.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number

Description

99.1

Press Release of the Company dated October 6, 2006










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.

 

 

GENTA INCORPORATED

Date:

October 6, 2006

 

By:

/s/ RICHARD J. MORAN

 

 

 

 

Name:

Richard J. Moran

 

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary







EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

Description

Sequentially
Numbered Page

99.1

Press Release of the Company dated October 6, 2006