SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC. Form 8-K (Jan. 20, 2022)

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Current report on Form 8-K for an event dated January 20, 2022, filed by Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. Under Item 8.01, the report states that on January 20, 2022 the company issued a press release announcing the release of new data on the Omicron variant neutralizing antibody (nAb) STI-9167, COVISHIELD. The antibody is described as an advanced stage antibody discovered and developed for clinical trials in an ongoing collaboration between immunologists and virologists at the company and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1, and Henry Ji signed on January 20, 2022.

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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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): January 20, 2022

SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in its Charter)

Delaware | 001-36150 | 33-0344842
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

4955 Directors Place

San Diego , CA 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code: ( 858 ) 203-4100

N/A

(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)

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:

¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value | SRNE | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
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. ¨

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 20, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
(the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the release of new data on the Omicron variant neutralizing antibody (nAb)
STI-9167, COVISHIELD, an advanced stage antibody discovered and developed for clinical trials in an ongoing collaboration between immunologists
and virologists at the Company and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY. A copy of the press release is filed herewith
as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibit.

99.1 | Press Release, dated January 20, 2022.
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL).

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.

SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: January 20, 2022 | By: | /s/ Henry Ji, Ph.D.
Name: Henry Ji, Ph.D.
Title: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

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