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): December 8, 2017
 
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
NEVADA
001-37761
20-5093315
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
 
343 Allerton Ave.
South San Francisco, California 94090
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(650) 577-3600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
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Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
On December 8, 2017, VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued new U.S. Patent No. 9,834,754 related to methods for producing, from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), hematopoietic precursor stem cells with the potential to impact both direct and supportive therapy for autoimmune disorders and cancer, with CAR-T cell applications and foundational technology which may provide approaches for producing bone marrow stem cells for bone marrow transfusions. VistaGen holds an exclusive license to this newly issued U.S. patent from the University Health Network in Toronto. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
See Exhibit Index.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.
 
 
 
 Date: December 8, 2017
By:
/s/ Shawn K. Singh
 
 
Shawn K. Singh
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release issued by VistaGen Therapeutics Inc., dated December 8, 2017.