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Item 8.01. | Other Events |
On March 16, 2026, Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a License Agreement with Cipla Limited and Cipla USA, Inc. (together, “Cipla”) to resolve the litigation between the Company and Cipla relating to Cipla’s application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a generic version of the Company’s PEDMARK® (sodium thiosulfate injection) product, captioned Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Cipla Limited and Cipla USA, Inc., C.A. No. 2:23-cv-00123-JKS-MAH (D.N.J.). Pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement, the lawsuit will be dismissed, each party will bear its own costs in connection with the litigation, and Cipla has agreed not to enter the U.S. market with its generic sodium thiosulfate product until September 1, 2033, subject to earlier entry under specified circumstances.
On March 16, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the License Agreement and resolution of the Cipla litigation a copy of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
The information contained in this Item 8.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
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.
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Date March 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Robert Andrade |
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| Robert Andrade Chief Financial Officer |