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): March 15, 2005

 

 

ImmunoGen, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Massachusetts

 

0-17999

 

04-2726691

(State or other

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

jurisdiction of

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

128 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 995-2500

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 8.01 — OTHER EVENTS

 

On March 17, 2005, ImmunoGen, Inc. issued a press release to announce that the sanofi-aventis Group has initiated clinical testing with the anti-CD33 Tumor-Activated Prodrug (TAP) compound for acute myeloid leukemia, huMy9-6-DM4, that it licensed from ImmunoGen. This event triggers a $2 million milestone payment to ImmunoGen. A copy of the press release is attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

 

 

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of ImmunoGen, Inc. dated March 17, 2005

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

ImmunoGen, Inc.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Date: March 17, 2005

 

/s/ Karleen M. Oberton

 

 

 

 

 

Karleen M. Oberton

 

 

Senior Corporate Controller

 

 

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

 

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