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 27, 2025

Traws Pharma, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-36020		22-3627252
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

12 Penns Trail

Newtown, PA 18940

(267) 759-3680

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive
Offices)

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:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.01 per share	TRAW	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).

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 27, 2025, Traws Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”) began using a new corporate presentation. A copy of that corporate presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The presentation will also be posted to the Company’s website.

The information set forth under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”), including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and 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 liabilities of such section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On May 27, 2025, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing receipt of guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) on the Company’s investigational bird flu and seasonal flu product candidate, tivoxavir marboxil, and plans for stockpiling for pandemic preparedness. A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, contains certain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. When used herein, the terms “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “believes,” “will” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements in this Current Report, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, or hereafter, including in other publicly available documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports to the stockholders of the Company and other publicly available statements issued or released by the Company involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company’s actual results, performance (financial or operating) or achievements to differ from the future results, performance (financial or operating) or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such future results are based upon management’s best estimates based upon current conditions and the most recent results of operations. These risks include, but are not limited to, the risks set forth herein and in such other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of which could adversely affect the Company’s business and the accuracy of the forward-looking statements contained herein.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Corporation Presentation, dated May 2025.
99.2		Press Release, dated May 27, 2025.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL Document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 27, 2025	TRAWS PHARMA, INC.

	By:	/s/ Iain Dukes
		Iain Dukes
		Interim Chief Executive Officer

Traws Pharma Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits