UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  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 19, 2021
 
Myovant Sciences Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

001-37929
(Commission File No.)

Bermuda
 
98-1343578
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Suite 1, 3rd Floor
11-12 St. James’s Square
London
SW1Y 4LB
United Kingdom
 
Not Applicable
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +44 207 400-3351
 
(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
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, par value $0.000017727 per share
MYOV
New York Stock Exchange
 
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).
 
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Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
On May 18, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed Myovant by teleconference that they have placed a partial clinical hold on the Phase 3 SERENE study (MVT-601-050) evaluating relugolix combination tablet for the prevention of pregnancy pending amendment of the study protocol to add bone mineral density monitoring.  Myovant will work expeditiously to implement the requested monitoring and submit the amended protocol to FDA to resolve the partial clinical hold.
 

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.

   
Myovant Sciences Ltd.
     
Date:
May 19, 2021
By:
/s/  Matthew Lang
   
Name:
Matthew Lang
   
Title:
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary