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): April 30, 2010

 

Marshall Edwards, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		000-50484 (Commission File Number)		51-0407811 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

140 Wicks Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113 Australia
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (011) 61 2 8877 6196

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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     On April 30, 2010, the Board of Directors of Marshall Edwards, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Daniel P. Gold to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Dr. Gold will serve as a member of the Board of Directors until the 2010 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, at which time he will stand for re-election.

     On April 23, 2010, Dr. Gold was appointed Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. From October 2009 through April 2010, Dr. Gold, age 55, was Managing Partner of Theragence, Inc., a service provider that focuses on optimizing biopharmaceutical product development, which he co-founded. From July 2008 to May 2009, Dr. Gold was President and Chief Executive Officer of Prospect Therapeutics, a clinical stage, oncology focused, biotechnology company. From January 2000 to May 2009, Dr. Gold was Chief Scientific Officer of Favrille, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that focused on the development and commercialization of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases of the immune system, which he founded. Dr. Gold was a member of the Executive Council of the Sabin Cancer Vaccine Consortium from 2004 to 2006 and a member of the board of directors of the San Diego chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society from 1998 to 2003. Dr. Gold received a Bachelors degree in biology from University of California Los Angeles and received a Doctorate degree from Tufts University in Pathology/Immunology.

     On May 6, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Gold as a member of the Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.				Description
99.1				Press Release dated May 6, 2010

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.

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit No.				Description
99.1				Press Release dated May 6, 2010

Exhibit 99.1

Marshall Edwards, Inc.

CONTACTS:		Warren Lancaster
		+1-203-966-2556 (USA)
		warren.lancaster@marshalledwardsinc.com

David Sheon
+1 202 547-2880 (USA)
dsheon@WHITECOATstrategies.com

MARSHALL EDWARDS APPOINTS CEO AS A NEW DIRECTOR

Sydney, Australia and San Diego, CA — May 6, 2010 — Marshall Edwards, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSHL), an oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel anti-cancer therapeutics, announced that Daniel Gold, Ph.D., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company effective April 30, 2010. Dr. Gold will serve as a member of the Board of Directors until the 2010 annual meeting of the stockholders, at which time he will stand for re-election.

Dr. Gold has more than 25 years of drug discovery and development experience. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Prospect Therapeutics, a mid-stage oncology company. Prior to his tenure at Prospect, Dr. Gold was founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Favrille, Inc., where he was an integral member of a team that raised more than $200 million, including an IPO in 2005, and advanced that company’s lead oncology candidate through a pivotal Phase III clinical trial.

Dr. Gold’s academic qualifications include Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, at the Harvard School of Medicine and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Cancer Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Pathology/Immunology from Tufts University, Boston and a B.A. in Biology from the University of California Los Angeles.

Marshall Edwards, Inc. is a specialist oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel anti-cancer therapeutics. These derive from a flavonoid technology platform, which has generated a number of novel compounds characterized by broad ranging activity against a range of cancer cell types with few side effects. The combination of anti-tumor cell activity and low toxicity is believed to be a result of the ability of these compounds to target an enzyme present in the cell membrane of cancer cells, thereby inhibiting the production of pro-survival proteins within the cell. Marshall Edwards has licensed rights from Novogen Limited (ASX: NRT NASDAQ: NVGN) to bring four oncology drugs — phenoxodiol, triphendiol, NV-143 and NV-128 — to market globally.

Marshall Edwards is majority owned by Novogen Limited, an Australian biotechnology company that is specializing in the development of therapeutics based on a flavonoid technology platform. Novogen is developing a range of therapeutics across the fields of oncology, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory diseases. More information on

phenoxodiol and on the Novogen group of companies can be found at www.marshalledwardsinc.com and www.novogen.com.