UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 17, 2022

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

001-31918

(Commission File

Number)

04-3072298

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

505 Eagleview Blvd., Suite 212
Exton, Pennsylvania		19341
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (484) 348-1600

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):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	IDRA	Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 17, 2022, Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing positive results from its investigator-sponsored trial, INTRIM 1, involving tilsotolimod, the Company’s synthetic Toll-like receptor 9 agonist. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated May 17, 2022.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

	IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


	By:	/s/ Bryant D. Lim
		Bryant D. Lim
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: May 17, 2022

Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits