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): September 16, 2008

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		001-31918		04-3072298
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

167 Sidney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts		02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 679-5500

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

          On September 16, 2008, Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Sudhir Agrawal, D.Phil., the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer, to the additional position of President of the Company.

          Dr. Agrawal, age 54, has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since August 2004 and Chief Scientific Officer since January 1993. Dr. Agrawal previously served as the Company’s President, from February 2000 to October 2005. Dr. Agrawal has also served as a director of the Company since March 1993.

SIGNATURE

          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.