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): ~~July~~November 3117, 2021

Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-38318

82-2493065

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3 East 28^th Street, 10^th Floor

New York, New York 10016

(332) 206-0935

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	ODT	Nasdaq Global Select Market

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 58.0201 ~~Departure~~Other ~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Events

InOn ~~connection~~November ~~with the discontinuation of development of tesetaxel~~17, ~~Joseph O’Connell~~2021, ~~M.D. mutually agreed with~~ Odonate ~~to terminate his employment effective July 31~~Therapeutics, ~~2021~~Inc. ~~Dr.~~announced ~~O’Connell~~that ~~had~~it ~~served~~will ascommence ~~Odonate’s~~a ~~Chief~~share ~~Medical~~repurchase ~~Officer.~~plan ~~Dr.~~for ~~O’Connell~~up ~~will be entitled~~ to ~~receive~~20 ~~aggregate~~million ~~salary~~shares ~~continuation~~in ~~payments~~order ofto ~~$321,670,~~return ~~payable~~capital ~~over~~to ~~the 10-month period following his separation date~~stockholders. The ~~Company~~full ~~will~~text ~~also~~of ~~pay~~the ~~for~~press ~~Dr.~~release ~~O’Connell’s~~announcing ~~medical~~the ~~coverage~~plan ~~for~~is upattached tohereto 12as ~~months~~Exhibit ~~following~~99 ~~his separation date. Such severance benefits are conditioned on his entry into~~ and ~~compliance~~is ~~with~~incorporated aherein ~~separation~~by ~~and general release agreement~~reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99		Press release issued on November 17, 2021
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

	Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: August 5, 2021	By:	/s/ Michael Hearne
Date: November 18, 2021	By:	/s/ Michael Hearne
		Michael Hearne
		Chief Financial Officer

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