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HISTOGENICS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HSGX) Files An 8-K Other Events

HISTOGENICS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HSGX) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item8.01.

Other Events.

On May8, 2017, Histogenics Corporation (Histogenics) issued a
press release announcing that it has successfully completed all
formal consultations with the Office of Cellular and Tissue-based
Products of the Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
regarding the Marketing and Manufacturing Authorization pathway
for Histogenics NeoCart (autologous cell therapy designed to
treat cartilage defects in the knee) in the Japanese market.

The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.

Item9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit

No.

Description

99.1 Press Release of Histogenics Corporation dated May 8, 2017.

About HISTOGENICS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HSGX)
Histogenics Corporation is a regenerative medicine company. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing products in the musculoskeletal segment of the marketplace. The Company’s product candidate, NeoCart utilizes various aspects of regenerative medicine platform to develop a tissue implant intended to treat tissue injury in the field of orthopedics, specifically cartilage damage in the knee. NeoCart is a cartilage-like implant created using a patient’s own cartilage cells through a series of tissue engineering processes. The patient’s cells are separated from a tissue biopsy specimen extracted from the patient and multiplied in its laboratory. The cells are then infused into its scaffold that provides structure for the developing implant. Before NeoCart is implanted in a patient, the cell- and scaffold construct undergoes a bioengineering process in the Company’s Tissue Engineering Processor (TEP). The Company has operations in the United States and Israel. HISTOGENICS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HSGX) Recent Trading Information
HISTOGENICS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HSGX) closed its last trading session up +0.02 at 1.72 with 78,488 shares trading hands.

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