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): October 5, 2020
 
GT Biopharma, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
000-08092
(Commission File Number)
94-1620407
(IRS Employer I.D. No.)
 
9350 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 203
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: (800) 304-9888
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
Effective October 5, 2020, the Registrant, GT Biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), with Cytovance Biologics, Inc., (“Cytovance”), a subsidiary of Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. Cytovance is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
 
Under the Agreement, the Company will engage Cytovance as the exclusive manufacture for three of the Company’s TriKE™ therapeutic product candidates. Cytovance will manufacture TriKE™ using Cytovance’s proprietary Keystone® bacterial or mammalian expression systems. Subject to the completion of certain milestones by Cytovance, GT Biopharma has the option to pay Cytovance up to $6 million for its manufacturing services in either cash or in shares of the Company’s common stock valued at the time Cytovance achieves each of several milestones over the next 12 months.
 
Item 9.01 Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
No.
Description
 
 
Master Services Agreement
 
 
Press Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE PAGE
 
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
GT Biopharma, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: October 6, 2020
 
By:
/s/ Steven Weldon
 
 
 
 
Steven Weldon
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer