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): September 6, 2006

       

GENTA INCORPORATED

________________________________________
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

000-19635

33-0326866

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. 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)

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Item 8.01   Other Events.  

On September 6, 2006, Genta Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that a majority of members on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted not to recommend approval of Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).  While the committee’s recommendation is not binding, the FDA will consider this opinion during completion of its ongoing review of the Genasense New Drug Application (NDA), which is targeted for October 29, 2006.


A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.



 







Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release of the Company dated September 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

By: /s/ Richard J. Moran
Richard J. Moran
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Corporate Secretary

Dated: September 7, 2006