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):  December 15, 2006

 

GENTA INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

 

(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:


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


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


     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 December 15, 2006, Genta Incorporated (NASDAQ: GNTA), the “Company”, issued a press release announcing that the Company has received notice that its New Drug Application (NDA) for the use of Genasense plus chemotherapy in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has been deemed non-approvable by the Food and Drug Administration.




Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number

Description

 

99.1

Press Release of the Company dated December 15, 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:

December 15, 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 December 15, 2006