Form 8K Current Report

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): March 19, 2007
 
               
 
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
0-23047
13-3864870
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 408
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
 
10170
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 672-9100

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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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 19, 2007, SIGA Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SIGA”), issued a press release pursuant to which it announced that a toddler who inadvertently contracted eczema vaccinatum has been treated with ST-246, SIGA’s lead smallpox drug candidate, pursuant to an Emergency Investigational New Drug Application (IND) granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and is now improving.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
99.1
 
Press Release, dated March 19, 2007.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
            SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
            By: /s/ Thomas N. Konatich                        
           Name: Thomas N. Konatich
       Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 19, 2007