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)           October 25, 2005

Pharmion Corporation


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware

 

000-50447

 

84-1521333


 


 


(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

 

 

 

2525 28th Street, Boulder, Colorado

 

80301


 


(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code                    720-564-9100

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

 

 

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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))

 

 

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

 

 




Item

2.02

Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

 

 

 

 

 

On October 25, 2005, Pharmion Corporation issued a press release announcing financial results for the completed quarter ended September 30, 2005 and providing an update to the company’s financial guidance for the calendar year 2005. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto 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 shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

 

 

Item

9.01.

Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release dated October 25, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This exhibit is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed.”

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

PHARMION CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  October 25, 2005

By:

/S/ Erle T. Mast

 

 


 

 

Erle T. Mast

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description


 


99.1

 

Press release dated October 25, 2005 of Pharmion Corporation announcing financial results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2005.

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