Form 8-K

Dated: October 17, 2017

PIERIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

/s/ Allan Reine

Name: Allan Reine

Title: Chief Financial Officer

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): October 17, 2017

PIERIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Nevada

001-37471

EIN 30-0784346

(State of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

255 State Street, 9^th Floor

Boston, MA 02109

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 857-246-8794

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:

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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has enrolled the first patient in its multi-dose Phase IIa study of PRS-080, Pieris’ Anticalin^® protein targeting hepcidin, in functional iron deficiency (FID) anemic patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis. The Company is conducting this Phase IIa study in Germany and the Czech Republic where it previously filed separate clinical trial applications (CTAs) with the relevant regulatory authorities. The study will be conducted in a randomized, placebo-controlled manner with two dose cohorts of 4 mg per kg and 8 mg per kg body weight, with 4 patients receiving drug at each dosage level and 2 patients on placebo within each cohort.

The information set forth under this “Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure,” including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.