- Current report filing (8-K)

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 17, 2009

ALLOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-29815	54-1655029
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

11080 CirclePoint Road, Suite 200 Westminster, Colorado		80020
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 426-6262

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Section 7 — Regulation FD

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 17, 2009, Allos Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that the European Medicines Agency, with a positive opinion of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products, has granted orphan medicinal product designation to the Company’s novel antifolate, pralatrexate, for the treatment of non-papillary transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information presented under this Item 7.01 and attached as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1

Press Release, dated March 17, 2009, entitled “Allos Therapeutics’ Pralatrexate Granted Orphan Medicinal Product Designation for the Treatment of Bladder Cancer by The European Commission.”

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.

Dated: March 17, 2009

		ALLOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.


	By:	/s/ David C. Clark
		David C. Clark
	Its:	Vice President, Finance and Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release, dated March 17, 2009, entitled “Allos Therapeutics’ Pralatrexate Granted Orphan Medicinal Product Designation for the Treatment of Bladder Cancer by The European Commission.”