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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):  September 3, 2008
 
               
 
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
0-23047
13-3864870
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 408
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
 
10170
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 672-9100

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Item 8.01.    Other Events.

On September 3, 2008, SIGA Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SIGA”), issued a press release announcing that it has been awarded a contract of $55 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the National Institutes of Health, and The Office of the Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority, within the Department of Health and Human Services, to support development of additional formulations and smallpox-related indications for ST-246, SIGA’s lead drug candidate.  ST-246 is a potent, non-toxic inhibitor of orthopoxviruses that is in advanced development efforts to obtain regulatory approval.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c)           Exhibits
 
Exhibit No. Description 
   
99.1
Press Release, dated September 3, 2008.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
                SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
                By:  /s/ Thomas N. Konatich                                                                                           
                Name: Thomas N. Konatich
                Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 4, 2008