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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT
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  </b><b><font size="3" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant
  to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the<br>
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">May&nbsp;6, 2008</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of<br>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Poniard
  Pharmaceuticals,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
  
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  telephone number, including area code)</p>
  
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  the appropriate box below if the </font>Form&nbsp;</font>8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions:</p>
  
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font> Written communication pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
  
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>
  
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    <h2 style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</font></b></h2>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  Company issued a press release dated </font>May&nbsp;</font>6, 2008, announcing its financial results for
  the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
  2008.&#160; The full text of the press release
  is set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;99.1
  attached hereto.&#160; The press release
  should be read in conjunction with the note regarding forward-looking
  statements, which is included in the text of the press release.</p>
  
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  information in this Item 2.02 and attached as </font>Exhibit&nbsp;</font>99.1 to this Report will not be treated as &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This
  information will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the
  Securities Act of 1933, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless
  that filing expressly incorporates this information by reference.</p>
  
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    <h2 style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other Events.</font></b></h2>
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  </font>May&nbsp;</font>6, 2008, the
  Company announced that it has completed patient enrollment in its Phase 2
  clinical trial evaluating picoplatin combination chemotherapy for the
  first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. See press release dated May&nbsp;6, 2008 attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.</p>
  
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    <h2 style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></h2>
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  - Press release dated </font>May&nbsp;</font>6, 2008</p>
  
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  &#150; Press release dated </font>May&nbsp;</font>6, 2008</p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font>May&nbsp;</font>8, 2008</p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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    <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.5%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/Anna
    Lewak Wight</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.5%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:
    Anna Lewak Wight </font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    Vice President, Legal</font></p>
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    Release dated </font>May&nbsp;</font>6,
    2008</p>
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    Release dated </font>May&nbsp;</font>6,
    2008</p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  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
  May 6, 2008
  Date of Report (Date of
  earliest event reported)
  Poniard
  Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  Washington
  0-16614
  91-1261311
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation)
  (Commission File No.)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  7000 Shoreline Court,
  Suite
  270, South San Francisco,
    California
  94080
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  (650) 583-3774
  (Registrant
  '
  s
  telephone number, including area code)
  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:
  o
  Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Section 2 – Financial Information
  Item 2.02.
  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
  The
  Company issued a press release dated
  May
  6, 2008, announcing its financial results for
  the quarter ended March 31,
  2008.  The full text of the press release
  is set forth in Exhibit 99.1
  attached hereto.  The press release
  should be read in conjunction with the note regarding forward-looking
  statements, which is included in the text of the press release.
  The
  information in this Item 2.02 and attached as
  Exhibit
  99.1 to this Report will not be treated as "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This
  information will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the
  Securities Act of 1933, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless
  that filing expressly incorporates this information by reference.
  Section 8 – Other Events
  Item 8.01.
  Other Events.
  On
  May
  6, 2008, the
  Company announced that it has completed patient enrollment in its Phase 2
  clinical trial evaluating picoplatin combination chemotherapy for the
  first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. See press release dated May 6, 2008 attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
  Section 9 – Financial Statements
  and Exhibits
  Item 9.01.
  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits
  .
  99.1
  - Press release dated
  May
  6, 2008
  99.2
  – Press release dated
  May
  6, 2008
  1
  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.
  Poniard Pharmaceuticals
  , Inc.
  Dated:
  May
  8, 2008
  By:
  /s/Anna
    Lewak Wight
  Name:
    Anna Lewak Wight
  Title:
    Vice President, Legal
  2
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  99.1
  Press
    Release dated
  May
  6,
    2008
  99.2
  Press
    Release dated
  May
  6,
    2008
  3