ser-20260127
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): January 27, 2026
Serina Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-38519 | 82-1436829 | ||||||||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
601 Genome Way, Suite 2001
Huntsville, Alabama 35806
(Address of principal executive offices)
(256) 327-9630
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(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 exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | SER | NYSE American | ||||||||||||
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 Items
On January 28, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for SER-252, an investigational therapy for advanced Parkinson’s disease. The IND clearance allows Serina to proceed with regulatory and site-level activities to support initiation of a planned Phase 1b registrational clinical study evaluating SER-252 in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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.
| SERINA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||||
Date: January 28, 2026 | By: | /s/ Steve Ledger | ||||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||