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): ~~May~~June 118, 2011

ReGen Biologics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-20805	23-2476415

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

411 Hackensack Avenue
Hackensack, NJ		07601

(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(201) 651-5140

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on the current expectations and beliefs of the Registrant and its management and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements, including those discussed in the Risk Factors section of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and its additional filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that any assumptions and other factors set forth herein or therein will occur, and the Registrant undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking information in the future except as required by law.

Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

InAs previously disclosed, in connection with their respective bankruptcy proceedings, ReGen Biologics, Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, RBio, Inc., entered into anthe Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2011 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), with Sports Medicine Holding Company, LLC (“Buyer”). ~~Buyer~~ isAs an affiliate of Ivy Healthcare Capital II, L.P., one of the Company’s secured creditors and a significant stockholder of the Company, and, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and satisfaction of certain other conditions, will be owned in part ~~by the Company’s pre-petition secured lenders. Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, Buyer, upon the closing~~ of the transactions contemplated thereby, will purchase substantially all of the Company’s assets and assume certain of the Company’s obligations associated with the purchased assets and the Company’s business through a Bankruptcy Court supervised auction and sale ~~under~~process ~~Section~~conducted ~~363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The purchase price (“Purchase Price”)~~ under the ~~Asset~~supervision ~~Purchase Agreement is the sum~~ of ~~(i)~~ the ~~“credit~~United ~~bid”~~States asBankruptcy ~~defined~~Court ~~in the Asset Purchase Agreement,~~ for ~~up to~~ the ~~full~~District ~~amount~~ of ~~the~~Delaware ~~Company’s secured debt,~~ (~~ii) a cash payment amount equal to~~ the ~~greater~~“Bankruptcy ~~of (A~~Court”) ~~$535~~,~~000~~ orqualified ~~(B)~~bidders $1had ~~million~~until ~~less~~May ~~the value of certain expenses and assumed liabilities~~27, ~~and~~2011 ~~(iii)~~to ~~the~~submit ~~assumption~~original ~~by Buyer of certain of the Company’s obligations associated with the purchased assets and the Company’s business~~bids. ~~The~~No ~~“credit~~bids ~~bid”~~were ~~portion~~received ofas ~~the Purchase Price will be paid by Buyer credit bidding the amount~~ of ~~the~~such ~~Company’s~~date ~~secured~~and, ~~debt. The Buyer entered into the Asset Purchase Agreement~~ as a ~~“stalking horse” bidder~~result, ~~and~~ the ~~purchase~~asset ~~and~~ sale oftransaction ~~the~~will ~~assets~~proceed ~~are~~with ~~subject~~Buyer, toon ~~solicitation~~the ofterms ~~higher~~contemplated ~~and otherwise better offers pursuant to bidding procedures approved~~ by ~~and an auction and sale process to be conducted under~~ the ~~supervision~~Asset ofPurchase ~~the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”)~~Agreement.

The ~~Asset~~asset ~~Purchase~~sale ~~Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants for a~~ transaction ofwas ~~this~~approved ~~nature, including but not limited to a covenant~~ by the ~~Company~~Bankruptcy toCourt ~~operate~~at the business in the ordinary course of business pending the closing of the sale to Buyer. It also requires the satisfaction by both the Company and Buyer of certain closing conditions, all as more particularly set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The Asset Purchase Agreement may be terminated by Buyer under a ~~number~~hearing ofon ~~circumstances, including (i) if the auction is not concluded by~~ June 18, 2011, ~~(ii)~~and ifis ~~the~~expected ~~sale order~~ to be ~~submitted~~completed ~~for~~no ~~approval~~later bythan ~~the Bankruptcy Court with respect to the proposed Section 363 sale (the “Sale Order”) is not entered by such court on or before~~ June ~~13, 2011 or (iii) if the asset sale transaction has not been consummated on or prior to June~~ 30, 2011. Further, the asset sale transaction contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement will automatically terminate upon the approval by the Bankruptcy Court of an alternate transaction, such as a sale of all or substantially all of the assets subject to sale under the Asset Purchase Agreement to an alternate bidder.

On May 5, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court granted an order (the “Bidding Procedures Order”) approving (i) competitive bidding and sale procedures and (ii) dates to conduct the auction and consider the final approval of the asset sale transaction. Pursuant to the Bidding Procedures Order, original bids from qualified bidders are due on May 27, 2011, the auction is scheduled to commence on June 1, 2011 and a hearing before the Bankruptcy Court to approve the asset sale transaction is scheduled to be held on June 8, 2011. Any party in interest wishing to receive a complete set of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Bidding Procedures Order and the related motion may do so free of charge upon request of the Company’s counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 2300 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, Attn: Patrick Potter, Jerry Hall and Dania Slim, and Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., 1200 North Broom Street, Wilmington, DE 19806, Attn: Stephen W. Spence and Stephen A. Spence.

The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Asset Purchase Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company and Buyer have entered into Exchange Agreements with the Company’s pre-petition secured lenders in which such lenders have agreed to consent to the terms of the sale of the Company’s assets and business to Buyer and not to object to such asset sale transaction. Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreements, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and the satisfaction of conditions set forth in the Exchange Agreements, the Company’s secured creditors will exchange their interests in the Company’s secured debt for equity interests in Buyer.

The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Exchange Agreements, forms of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1.03. Bankruptcy or Receivership.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by this reference.

The Company expects to submit a joint plan of liquidation (with RBio, Inc.) for the approval of the Bankruptcy Court prior to June 30, 2011. Under such a plan, the proceeds of the asset sale transaction will be used to satisfy claims of the Company’s creditors and pay bankruptcy-related expenses, following which the Company will be dissolved. The Company does not anticipate that any value or funds will be available for distribution to the holders of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 29, 2011 the Company filed a ~~petition~~complaint with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ~~Circuit~~against ~~for review of~~ the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”). The action petitions the Court to review the FDA’s ~~rescission~~March ~~order~~30, of2011 ~~its~~Order ~~510(k)~~of ~~clearance~~Rescission ~~for~~of the Company’s Menaflex meniscus implant device 510(k) Class II designation.

~~Item~~On 9May 31, 2011 the Company filed a complaint with the U.01S. ~~Financial~~ ~~Statements~~District ~~And~~Court ~~Exhibits~~for the District of Columbia against the FDA, its Commissioner, Margaret A. Hamburg, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, to review and set aside the agency’s rescission of its 510(k) Class II designation of the Company’s Menaflex meniscus implant device.

~~(d)~~As ~~Exhibits~~a result of a lack of clarity regarding the legal basis for FDA’s rescission action, it could not be determined which court the FDA would determine had legal jurisdiction over this matter. In order to preserve the Company’s legal rights in the matter, the company filed actions in both courts. Following consummation of the asset sale transaction, Buyer will have the ability to pursue these actions.

2The Company believes that it is eligible to deregister its shares of common stock by filing a Form 15 because it has fewer than 300 holders of record of its common stock.1 ~~Asset~~Upon ~~Purchase~~the ~~Agreement~~filing ~~among~~of ~~ReGen~~the ~~Biologics~~Form 15, ~~Inc.~~the Company’s obligation to file reports with the SEC under the Exchange Act, ~~RBio~~including Forms 10-K, ~~Inc.~~10-Q and ~~Sports~~8-K, ~~Medicine~~will ~~Holding~~immediately be suspended. The Company expects that the deregistration of its common stock will become effective 90 days after the date of filing of the Form 15 with the SEC. The Company intends to file the Form 15 with the SEC on or about June 15, ~~LLC~~2011.

10.1 Form of Exchange Agreement among ReGen Biologics, Inc., Sports Medicine Holding Company, LLC and the investors named therein.

10.2 Form of Exchange Agreement among ReGen Biologics, Inc., Sports Medicine Holding Company, LLC and Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

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.

REGEN BIOLOGICS, INC.

By:	/s/	Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D.
Name:		Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D.
Title:		President and
		Chief Executive Officer

Dated: ~~May~~ 16June 13, 2011

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