UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2021

ANIXA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-37492

11-2622630

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3150 Almaden Expressway, Suite 250

San Jose, CA

95118

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 708-9808

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		ANIX		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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).

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Item 8.01

Other Events

On October 1, 2021, patient recruitment commenced for the initial clinical trial of the preventative breast cancer vaccine being developed by Cleveland Clinic, the U.S. Department of Defense and Anixa Biosciences, Inc. The study titled, “Phase I Trial of Adjuvant Therapy With an Alpha-lactalbumin Vaccine in Patients With Non-Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer at High Risk of Recurrence” is being performed at Cleveland Clinic and is an open-label, dose-escalation trial in which participants will be treated with successively higher doses of the vaccine. It is estimated that 18-24 participants will be treated in this trial and the trial is estimated to take approximately one year to complete. More details regarding the trial can be found at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04674306?recrs=b&cond=Breast+Cancer&cntry=US&state=US%3AOH&draw=2.

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: October 4, 2021

	ANIXA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

	By:	/s/ Amit Kumar
	Name:	Dr. Amit Kumar
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

SEC Form 8-K filed by Anixa Biosciences, Inc.