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): February 19, 2025

 

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-38693		82-3562771
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

210 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 457-2700

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share		ALLO		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 19, 2025, Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Amended and Restated Strategic Collaboration Agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) with Foresight Diagnostics, Inc. (“Foresight”), which amended and restated the parties’ Strategic Collaboration Agreement, dated January 3, 2024, as amended (the “Original Agreement”).

Under the Amended Agreement, the parties have agreed to expand their collaboration to enable the development of Foresight Diagnostics’ MRD assay as a companion diagnostic in the EU, UK, Canada and Australia in support of Allogene’s clinical development of cema-cel. The parties have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain regulatory approval of their respective products and to perform activities assigned or allocated to it under the work plan. The Company has agreed to fund approximately $37.3 million for MRD assay development, milestone payments for U.S., and certain international regulatory submissions and clinical sample testing.

Under the Amended Agreement, each party’s ownership to their own background intellectual property rights and any improvements thereto, and the party’s respective termination rights were not amended.

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.

 

ALLOGENE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:		/s/ David Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
		David Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
		President, Chief Executive Officer

Dated: February 25, 2025