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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-003214
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200110
ITEM INFORMATION:		Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200113

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NextCure, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001661059
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				475231247
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38905
		FILM NUMBER:		20522730

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9000 VIRGINIA MANOR ROAD, SUITE 200
		CITY:			BELTSVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20705
		BUSINESS PHONE:		240-399-4900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9000 VIRGINIA MANOR ROAD, SUITE 200
		CITY:			BELTSVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20705
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt 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, D.C. 20549</B>&nbsp;</P>

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

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of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>January 10, 2020</B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NextCure, Inc.</B></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<U>see</U> General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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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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growth company<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</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. &#9744;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 1.02</B></TD><TD><B>Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On January 10, 2020, Eli Lilly and Company
(&ldquo;<B>Lilly</B>&rdquo;) notified NextCure, Inc. (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;) of Lilly&rsquo;s termination, effective
as of March 3, 2020, of the Research and Development Collaboration Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2018, between the Company
and Lilly (the &ldquo;<B>Agreement</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The description of the terms of the Agreement included on pages
109 and 110 of the Company&rsquo;s final prospectus dated <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661059/000104746919006335/a2240083z424b4.htm#ds70301_business" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">November 14, 2019</A> is incorporated herein by reference.</P>



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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 16.5pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>NEXTCURE, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0 0 0 0.15in">Date: January 13, 2020</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0">/s/ Steven P. Cobourn</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">Steven P. Cobourn</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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