UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of: March 2016

 

Commission file number: 001-36578

 

BIOBLAST PHARMA LTD.

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 

37 Dereh Menechem Begin St., 15th Floor

Tel Aviv 6522042 Israel

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F  x Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_____

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_____

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

 

This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K of the Registrant consists of the press release issued by the Registrant on March 16, 2016, announcing final results from its HOPEMD Phase 2 open-label clinical study of trehalose 90mg/mL IV solution in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The first sentence of the first paragraph, the second and third paragraphs, the fifth through the ninth paragraphs, the twelfth paragraph and the paragraph titled “Forward Looking Statements” are incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-206032) and the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-203114) of the Registrant, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

99.1 Press Release issued by BioBlast Pharma Ltd. on March 16, 2016, announcing final results from its HOPEMD Phase 2 open-label clinical study of trehalose 90mg/mL IV solution in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

   

BioBlast Pharma Ltd.
(Registrant)


By /s/ Colin Foster

    Name: Colin Foster
     
    Chief Executive Officer and President

 

Date: March 16, 2016