UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of April 2021
Commission File Number: 001-39822
Pharming Group N.V.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Darwinweg 24
2333 CR Leiden
The Netherlands
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K is a press release of Pharming Group N.V., or the Company, dated April 7, 2021.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
99.1 | Pharming Group announces the publication of its 2020 Annual Report and convenes its 2021 AGM | |||||||
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Pharming Group N.V. | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ Sijmen de Vries | ||||||||||
Name: | Sijmen de Vries | ||||||||||
Title: | CEO |
Date: 07 April, 2021
Pharming Group announces the publication of its 2020 Annual Report and convenes its 2021 AGM
Leiden, The Netherlands, 6 April 2021: Pharming Group N.V. (“Pharming” or “the Company”) (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) announces the publication of its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020, which is available on the Company’s website www.pharming.com under Investors/Financial Documents.
In addition, the Company’s 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 16:00CET on Wednesday, 19 May 2021. The Notice to Convene, Explanatory Notes, meeting documents and Form of Proxy can be found on the Company’s website, www.pharming.com under Investors/Shareholders’ Meetings.
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:
In accordance with precautionary measures invoked by the Dutch government’s emergency COVID-legislation due to the ongoing and extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the health and safety of shareholders and employees a priority, the Company will hold a fully virtual AGM. The meeting will be available to watch via a live webcast. Please refer to the Notice to Convene document on the Company’s website, www.pharming.com under Investors/Shareholders’ Meetings for further details regarding registration, voting by proxy and asking questions during the meeting.
About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. is a global, commercial stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative protein replacement therapies and precision medicines for the treatment of rare diseases and unmet medical needs.
The flagship of our portfolio is our recombinant human C1 esterase inhibitor (rhC1INH) franchise. C1INH is a naturally occurring protein that down regulates the complement cascade in order to control inflammation in affected tissues.
Our lead product, RUCONEST®, is the first and only plasma-free rhC1INH protein replacement therapy. It is approved for the treatment of acute hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks. We are commercializing RUCONEST® in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom through our own sales and marketing organization, and the rest of the world through our distribution network.
In addition, we are investigating the clinical efficacy of rhC1INH in the treatment of further indications, including pre-eclampsia, acute kidney injury and severe pneumonia as a result of COVID-19 infections.
We are also studying our oral precision medicine, leniolisib (a phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta, or PI3K delta, inhibitor), for the treatment of activated PI3K delta syndrome, or APDS, in a registration enabling Phase 2/3 study in the United States and Europe.
Furthermore, we are leveraging our transgenic manufacturing technology to develop next-generation protein replacement therapies, most notably for Pompe disease, which is currently in preclinical development.
Pharming Group N.V. is a global, commercial stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative protein replacement therapies and precision medicines for the treatment of rare diseases and unmet medical needs.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including with respect to timing and progress of Pharming’s preclinical studies and clinical trials of its product candidates, Pharming’s clinical and commercial prospects, Pharming’s ability to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the conduct of its business, and Pharming’s expectations regarding its projected working capital requirements and cash resources, which statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to the scope, progress and expansion of Pharming’s clinical trials and ramifications for the cost thereof; and clinical, scientific, regulatory and technical developments. In light of these risks and uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that are described in Pharming’s 2020 Annual Report, the events and circumstances discussed in such forward-looking statements may not occur, and Pharming’s actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied thereby. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to Pharming as of the date of this release.
Inside Information
This press release relates to the disclosure of information that qualifies, or may have qualified, as inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
For further public information, contact:
Pharming Group, Leiden, The Netherlands
Sijmen de Vries, CEO: T: +31 71 524 7400
Susanne Embleton, Investor Relations Manager: T: +31 71 524 7400 E: investor@pharming.com
FTI Consulting, London, UK
Victoria Foster Mitchell/Alex Shaw/Mary Whittow
T: +44 203 727 1000
LifeSpring Life Sciences Communication, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leon Melens
T: +31 6 53 81 64 27
E: pharming@lifespring.nl