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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 3, 2023
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Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 001-39634 | | 47-5271393 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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| 500 Technology Square, Ste 700 | | | |
| Cambridge, | MA | | 02139 | |
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (617) 586-3100
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | | FHTX | | The Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
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Item 8.01 Other Information
On August 8, 2023, Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Samuel Agresta, M.D., will step down from his position as Chief Medical Officer of the Company effective as of September 11, 2023. Following his resignation, Dr. Agresta will serve as a consultant to the Company through early January 2024.
The Company also announced that Alfonso Quintás-Cardama, M.D., has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Medical Officer, effective as of September 11, 2023.
Dr. Quintás-Cardama previously served as Chief Medical Officer of TCR2 Therapeutics Inc., a position he held since 2017. Prior to that, he was the Clinical Development Head of the Cell & Gene Therapies Unit at GlaxoSmithKline PLC in 2017. Between 2014 and 2016, Dr. Quintás-Cardama served as Global Clinical Leader, Cell & Gene Therapy, at Novartis AG and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Leukemia at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2009 to 2014. Dr. Quintás-Cardama received his M.D. from the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela School of Medicine in Spain. He completed an internship and residency in the Department of Medicine of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a hematology and oncology fellowship and a leukemia fellowship at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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.
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| FOGHORN THERAPEUTICS INC. |
| By: | | /s/ Allan Reine |
| | | Allan Reine, M.D. |
| | | Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: August 8, 2023