CAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS, INC. (NASDAQ:CAPR) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

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CAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS, INC. (NASDAQ:CAPR) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.

On May 15, 2017, Capricor Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the Company), issued a press release announcing,
among other items, its financial results for the quarter ended
March 31, 2017. A copy of the press release is being furnished
herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information under Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form
8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are being furnished and
shall not be deemed to be 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 that section, nor
shall it be incorporated by reference into any of the Companys
filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, unless expressly set forth as being incorporated by
reference into such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release, titled Capricor Therapeutics Reports First
Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update,
dated May 15, 2017.


About CAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS, INC. (NASDAQ:CAPR)

Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutics. The Company focuses on discovering, developing and commercializing regenerative medicine and large molecule products for the treatment of disease, with a primary focus on the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including orphan indications. Its product candidate, CAP-1002, a cardiosphere-derived cell product, is being tested in the ALLSTAR Phase II clinical study on patients having suffered a myocardial infarction (MI), while the DYNAMIC clinical study is testing CAP-1002 in patients in the advanced-stage of heart failure. CAP-1002 is also being tested in the HOPE-Duchenne Phase I/II clinical study for use in connection with Duchenne muscular dystrophy-related cardiomyopathy. Cenderitide, a dual receptor natriuretic peptide agonist, is being tested in a Phase II clinical study. Exosomes are nano-sized, membrane-enclosed vesicles.

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