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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d)</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):
&nbsp;July 2, 2012</P>

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

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">1-31070</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">23-2328753</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">File Number)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">identification number)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">214 Carnegie Center, Suite 300</P>

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8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
( <I>see</I> General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard or Notice of Delisting; Transfer of Listing.</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On July 2, 2012, Derma Sciences, Inc. (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) received a Letter of Reprimand (the &ldquo;Letter&rdquo;) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications staff (the
&ldquo;Nasdaq Staff&rdquo;), relating to the Company&rsquo;s inadvertent failure to comply with Nasdaq Rule 5605(e), which requires
that the nominating committee of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors be comprised solely of independent directors, as defined
by Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2). As previously disclosed, Edward J. Quilty, the Company&rsquo;s President and Chief Executive Officer,
was inadvertently appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the &ldquo;Nominating Committee&rdquo;) of the
Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors this past year and, on May 17, 2012, resigned from the Nominating Committee, effective immediately.
The Letter indicates that because the Company&rsquo;s failure to comply did not appear to have been the result of deliberate intent
to avoid compliance, the Company has not demonstrated a pattern of non-compliance and the Company promptly acted to cure the deficiency,
the Nasdaq Staff believes it appropriate to close the matter by issuance of the Letter. Accordingly, upon filing of this Current
Report on Form 8-K, the matter is deemed to be closed.</P>

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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">DERMA SCIENCES, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: #000000 1px solid">John E. Yetter, CPA
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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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):
 July 2, 2012
Derma Sciences, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Pennsylvania
1-31070
23-2328753
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
identification number)
214 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, NJ  08540
(609) 514-4744
(Address including zip code and telephone
number, of principal executive offices)
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
General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 3.01
Failure
to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard or Notice of Delisting; Transfer of Listing.
On July 2, 2012, Derma Sciences, Inc. (the
"Company") received a Letter of Reprimand (the "Letter") from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications staff (the
"Nasdaq Staff"), relating to the Company's inadvertent failure to comply with Nasdaq Rule 5605(e), which requires
that the nominating committee of the Company's Board of Directors be comprised solely of independent directors, as defined
by Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2). As previously disclosed, Edward J. Quilty, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer,
was inadvertently appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the "Nominating Committee") of the
Company's Board of Directors this past year and, on May 17, 2012, resigned from the Nominating Committee, effective immediately.
The Letter indicates that because the Company's failure to comply did not appear to have been the result of deliberate intent
to avoid compliance, the Company has not demonstrated a pattern of non-compliance and the Company promptly acted to cure the deficiency,
the Nasdaq Staff believes it appropriate to close the matter by issuance of the Letter. Accordingly, upon filing of this Current
Report on Form 8-K, the matter is deemed to be closed.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
DERMA SCIENCES, INC.
By:
/s/ John E. Yetter
John E. Yetter, CPA
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date:  July
3, 2012