UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 12, 2025

Traws Pharma, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-36020		22-3627252
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

12 Penns Trail

Newtown, PA 18940

(267) 759-3680

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive
Offices)

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(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.01 per share	TRAW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.02        Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 12, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Traws Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the grant of options to purchase shares of Company common stock (collectively, the “Options”) to the Company’s executive officers, as follows: 64,839 Options to Iain Dukes, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; 32,406 Options to Charles Parker, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer; 32,406 Options to C. David Pauza, the Company’s Chief Science Officer, Virology; 32,406 Options to Robert Redfield, the Company’s Chief Medical Officer; and 22,435 Options to Nikolay Savchuk, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. The Options have an exercise price of $3.01 per share (the closing price of the Company’s common stock on October 10, 2025), have a ten year term, and vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the respective recipient’s continued service to the Company through the vesting date. The Options were granted under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Compensation Plan.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 17, 2025	TRAWS PHARMA, INC.

	By:	/s/ Iain Dukes
		Iain Dukes
		Chief Executive Officer

Traws Pharma, Inc. 8-K