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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 7, 2026, Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to initiate a formal strategic process to evaluate opportunities to maximize the value of the Company and its asset portfolio. Potential opportunities may include licensing or sale of individual assets, development and commercialization partnerships, portfolio transactions, business combinations, or other strategic transactions. The strategic review is at a preliminary stage, and the Company has not set a deadline or definitive timetable for the completion of the process. There can be no assurance that the strategic process will result in any transaction or other strategic outcome.
A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The information in this Item 7.01 and in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 7, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to initiate a formal strategic process to evaluate opportunities to maximize the value of the Company and its asset portfolio. Potential opportunities may include licensing or sale of individual assets, development and commercialization partnerships, portfolio transactions, business combinations, or other strategic transactions. The strategic review is at a preliminary stage, and the Company has not set a deadline or definitive timetable for the completion of the process. There can be no assurance that the strategic process will result in any transaction or other strategic outcome.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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The following exhibits are furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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| 99.1 | Press Release, issued by Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc. on October 7, 2026 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within in the inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
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.
| Dated: October 7, 2026 | CADRENAL THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Quang X. Pham | |
| Name: | Quang X. Pham | |
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
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