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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-027650
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180510
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180511

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABEONA THERAPEUTICS INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000318306
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				830221517
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15771
		FILM NUMBER:		18827144

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3333 LEE PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75219
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2149055100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3333 LEE PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75219

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PLASMATECH BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140922

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960209

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHEMEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<B>May 10, 2018</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B><U>ABEONA
THERAPEUTICS INC.</U></B></FONT></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>83-0221517</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>1330 Avenue of the Americas, 33<SUP>rd</SUP>
Floor, New York, NY 10019</U></B></P>

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(Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>(646) 813-4705</U></B></P>

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area code)</P>

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since last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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 (see<I>&nbsp;</I>General
Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>

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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. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>



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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: left"><B>Item 5.02.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>On May 10, 2018, Timothy J. Miller, Ph.D., resigned as a class 3 director. Dr. Miller remains President and Chief Scientific
Officer of Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;). Dr. Miller did not have any disagreement with the Company on any
matter relating to the Company&rsquo;s operations, policies or practices.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(d) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On
May 10, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed F. Carsten Thiel, Ph.D., 55, to serve as a class 3 director of the
Company until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholder and until his successor is duly elected and qualified; Stefano Buono, 52,
to serve as class 1 director of the Company until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholder and until his successor is duly elected
and qualified; and Richard B. Van Duyne, 65, to serve as class 2 director of the Company until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholder
and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Dr. Thiel, our Chief
Executive Officer since March 29, 2018, brings 25 years of proven global biopharmaceutical industry experience, including rare
and orphan diseases, to Abeona. At his most recent position at Alexion, he served as its Senior Vice President, Europe/Middle East/Africa
and Asia Pacific where he was responsible for driving Alexion&rsquo;s global commercial operations in these regions, including
maximizing the current rare disease portfolio as well as guiding the launch of anticipated new products and indications. Prior
to joining Alexion, Dr. Thiel served as Vice President, Head of Europe at Amgen. In this role, he led regional operations and was
responsible for multiple products in hematology/oncology, nephrology, and bone disorders, and prepared for new product launches
in inflammation and cardiology. He also held various other senior leadership positions at Amgen, including General Manager, Germany,
and General Manager, CEE, where he led all markets in Eastern Europe and established Amgen&rsquo;s operations in Russia. He also
served as Head of the Oncology franchise in Europe during the time of several blockbuster product launches. Prior to Amgen, Dr.
Thiel held several sales and marketing leadership roles across Europe at Roche. He earned his doctorate in molecular biology &amp;
biochemistry at Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mr. Buono <FONT STYLE="color: #222222; background-color: white">is
an accomplished Italian physicist and alumnus of The European Organization for Nuclear Research. Until recently, Mr. Buono was
the Chief Executive Officer and President of Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), an international radiopharmaceutical company
he founded in 2002, During his tenure the company expanded its presence to 13 countries, grew to 630 employees, established 21
manufacturing facilities, registered 8 diagnostic drugs and one therapeutic drug both in Europe and US, completed 13 acquisitions,
and reached &euro;150M in sales prior to the launch of its first therapeutic, Lutathera&reg;, for the treatment of Neuroendocrine
Tumors (NETs), an orphan disease. Among Mr. Buono&rsquo;s other accomplishments was bringing AAA public in November 2015, on the
NASDAQ exchange. The company traded under the ticker symbol AAAP, until it was acquired by Novartis for $3.9 billion in January
2018.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Richard (Dick) Van Duyne joined Daiichi Sankyo in 2003 as Global Head of Business Development, chairing
the Senior Licensing Committee and working directly with senior management in Tokyo, the U.S. and Europe on key licensing and business
development projects. He held this position until April 1, 2013, when he moved to a senior advisor role, working with the CEO on
special projects.&nbsp; He continues to with Daiichi Sankyo as a consultant.&nbsp; Mr. Van Duyne serves on the boards of Daiichi
Sankyo Inc. (the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo) and Bionpharma Inc., a privately-held generics company based in
Princeton, N.J.&nbsp; Mr. Van Duyne received his B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.B.A. from the Wharton
Graduate Division, University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Stanford University.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 5.07.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Submission of Matters
to a Vote of Security Holders.</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The annual meeting of stockholders of the Company was held on
May 10, 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;The following matters were acted upon:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Steven H. Rouhandeh was elected to serve as class 2 director
of the Company until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholder and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The results
of the election of director is as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes Withheld</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Broker Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Steven H. Rouhandeh</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30,488,662</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">672,871</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10,272,116</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Stephen B. Howell was elected to serve as class 2 director of
the Company until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholder and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The results of
the election of director is as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes Withheld</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Broker Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Stephen B. Howell</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30,269,268</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">892,265</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10,272,116 &nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF WHITLEY PENN LLP
AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2018.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><BR>
Ratification of the appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company was approved
by the following votes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes Against</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Abstain</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Broker Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">41,214,035</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">201,086</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">18,528</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Abeona Therapeutics Inc.</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Stephen B. Thompson</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;Finance </FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief&nbsp;Accounting Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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