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) August 24, 2009

 

 

NOVADEL PHARMA INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-32177

 

22-2407152

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

25 Minneakoning Road

Flemington, New Jersey 08822

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(908) 782-3431

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

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

 

 

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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01.

Other Events

 

On August 24, 2009, NovaDel Pharma Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, issued a press release to announce that the Company received a milestone payment of approximately $150,000 from Velcera, Inc. (“Velcera”) relating to its License and Development Agreement with Velcera dated June 22, 2004 (the “Agreement”). The Agreement provides Velcera with a license to develop and commercialize animal health products using the Company’s buccal spray delivery technology. This milestone payment resulted from Velcera’s recently announced global licensing agreement for the first canine pain management product delivered in a transmucosal mist form.

 

A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1

Press release of NovaDel Pharma Inc., dated August 24, 2009, titled “NovaDel Receives Milestone Payment from Velcera, Inc.”

 


 

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.

 

 

NovaDel Pharma Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven B. Ratoff

Name:

Steven B. Ratoff

Title:

Chairman, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: August 24, 2009