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
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report: May 6, 2022
 
Commission File Number: 001-39307
 
 
Legend Biotech Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


 
2101 Cottontail Lane
Somerset, New Jersey 08873
(Address of principal executive office)


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This report on Form 6-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statements of Legend Biotech Corporation on Form F-3 (Nos. 333-257609 and 333-257625) and Form S-8 (No. 333-239478), to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed.

Legend Biotech Announces Appointment of Lori Macomber as Chief Financial Officer

On May 6, 2022, Legend Biotech Corporation (“Legend Biotech”) issued a press release announcing its participation in upcoming investor conferences.

The press release announcing the upcoming investor conferences is attached to this Form as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit        Title

99.1              Press Release, dated May 6, 2022


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.
 
 
LEGEND BIOTECH CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 6, 2022
By:
/s/ Ying Huang
 
 
Name:
Ying Huang, Ph.D.
 
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 

Exhibit 99.1

Legend Biotech Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences

SOMERSET, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2022--Legend Biotech Corporation (NASDAQ: LEGN) (Legend Biotech), a global biotechnology company developing, manufacturing and commercializing novel therapies to treat life-threatening diseases, today announced its participation in the upcoming investor conferences:

Event: Bank of America Securities 2022 Healthcare Conference
Presentation Date & Time: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 5:20pm PT / 8:20pm ET
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Presenter: Ying Huang, Ph.D., CEO

Event: Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference
Presentation Date & Time:
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 1:00pm PT / 4:00pm ET
Location:
New York, New York
Presenter:
Ying Huang, Ph.D., CEO

Event: Goldman Sachs Annual Global Healthcare Conference
Presentation Date & Time: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 1:20pm PT / 4:20pm ET
Location: Rancho Palos Verde, California
Presenter: Ying Huang, Ph.D., CEO

About Legend Biotech

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.

Learn more at www.legendbiotech.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.


Cautionary Statement:

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Legend Biotech’s strategies and objectives; statements relating to CARVYKTI™, including Legend Biotech’s expectations for CARVYKTI™, such as Legend Biotech’s manufacturing and commercialization expectations for CARVYKTI™ and the potential effect of treatment with CARVYKTI™; statements about submissions for cilta-cel to, and the progress of such submissions with, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Chinese Center for Drug Evaluation of National Medical Products Administration (CDE) and other regulatory authorities; the anticipated timing of, and ability to progress, clinical trials, including patient enrollment; the submission of Investigational New Drug (IND) applications to, and maintenance of such applications with, regulatory authorities; the ability to generate, analyze and present data from clinical trials; and the potential benefits of Legend Biotech’s product candidates. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Legend Biotech’s expectations could be affected by, among other things, uncertainties involved in the development of new pharmaceutical products; unexpected clinical trial results, including as a result of additional analysis of existing clinical data or unexpected new clinical data; unexpected regulatory actions or delays, including requests for additional safety and/or efficacy data or analysis of data, or government regulation generally; unexpected delays as a result of actions undertaken, or failures to act, by our third party partners; uncertainties arising from challenges to Legend Biotech’s patent or other proprietary intellectual property protection, including the uncertainties involved in the U.S. litigation process; competition in general; government, industry, and general public pricing and other political pressures; the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and governmental and regulatory measures implemented in response to the evolving situation; as well as the other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Legend Biotech’s Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2022. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this press release as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.​ Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. Legend Biotech specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contacts

Investor Contacts:
Joanne Choi, Senior Manager, Investor Relations, Legend Biotech
joanne.choi@legendbiotech.com

Crystal Chen, Manager, Investor Relations, Legend Biotech
crystal.chen@legendbiotech.com

Press Contact:
Tina Carter, Corporate Communications Lead, Legend Biotech
tina.carter@legendbiotech.com
(908) 331-5025