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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-18-030547
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181204
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181206

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001497253
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				271488943
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35996
		FILM NUMBER:		181218950

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6275 NANCY RIDGE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 110
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92121
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-224-1000

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		STREET 1:		6275 NANCY RIDGE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 110
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92121

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	REAL ESTATE RESTORATION & RENTAL, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100722
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item&#160;5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; </font><font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;On December 4, 2018, the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Organovo Holdings, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), authorized and approved: (i)&#160;an increase in the size of the Board from seven (7)&#160;to eight (8)&#160;members, (ii)&#160;the appointment of David Shapiro, M.D. to the Board as Class I Director, effective December 4, 2018.&#160;The Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Shapiro.&#160;&#160;A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference in this Item&#160;5.02.</p>
<p style="margin-top:13pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#323232;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">David Shapiro, M.D.&#160;has served as the Chief Medical Officer for Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (&#8220;Intercept&#8221;), a publicly-traded <font style="color:#000000;">biopharmaceutical company</font>, since November 2017, having previously served as Intercept&#8217;s Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Development since 2008. Dr. Shapiro has over 30 years of clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Shapiro founded a consulting company, Integrated Quality Resources, that focused on development stage biopharmaceutical companies and was active in this role from 2005 to 2008. From 2000 to 2005, Dr. Shapiro was Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer of Idun Pharmaceuticals, Inc., prior to its acquisition by Pfizer Inc. From 1995 to 1998, he was President of the Scripps Medical Research Center at Scripps Clinic. He also served as Vice President, Clinical Research at Gensia and as Director and Group Leader, Hypertension Clinical Research at Merck Research Laboratories from 1985 to 1990. Dr. Shapiro has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and organized and chaired several conferences aimed at improving product development. Dr. Shapiro served for two terms on the Executive Committee of the Board of the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians. Dr. Shapiro was a director of Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd., a publicly-traded drug delivery and RNA medicines company, from November 2017 to May 2018. Dr. Shapiro received his medical degree from Dundee University &amp; Medical School, and undertook his postgraduate medical training in the university affiliated hospitals in Oxford, United Kingdom and the University of Vermont. He is an elected Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Physicians of the United Kingdom.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">SAN DIEGO &#8211; December 6, 2018 &#8211; Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONVO) (&#8220;Organovo&#8221;), a biotechnology company pioneering the development of 3D bioprinted tissues aimed at treating a range of serious adult and pediatric liver diseases, today announced that its board of directors has appointed one new member.&nbsp;&nbsp;David Shapiro, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (&#8220;Intercept&#8221;), will join Organovo&#8217;s board, effective immediately.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Shapiro&#8217;s appointment increases the number of Organovo directors to eight.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Organovo is a biotech platform company that has developed a leadership position with its revolutionary ability to 3D bioprint tissues with human functionality.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is pursuing multiple IND-track programs to develop its NovoTissues<sup style="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&#174;</sup> to address a number of serious unmet medical needs in adult and pediatric populations, initially focusing on liver disease.&nbsp;&nbsp;Organovo&#8217;s first IND-track program for Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency recently received orphan drug designation from the FDA, and the Company expects to file its first IND in 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;In order to support its plan to initiate multiple IND-track programs, the Company is providing access to its ExVive&#8482; <font style="font-style:italic;">in vitro </font>tissue disease modeling platform to facilitate high value drug discovery and development collaborations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Organovo&#8217;s wholly-owned subsidiary, Samsara Sciences, provides the Company and its clients with high quality human liver and kidney cells for research applications.&nbsp;&nbsp;Organovo is changing the shape of life science research and transforming medical care.&nbsp;&nbsp;Learn more at<font style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt;"> </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;">www.organovo.com</font>.</p>
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