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): May 6, 2023

Commission file number 001-39531

PROCESSA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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:

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

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Item 7.01. Regulation Disclosure.

Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Processa”) will be presenting on May 6^th at Digestive Disease Week 2023 Annual Meeting. The study, titled “PCS12852, A Novel 5-HT4 Agonist Improves GCSI Symptom Scores and Gastric Emptying in Gastroparesis Patients,” will be presented during the Research Forum Session, AGA Gastroparesis and Small Intestinal Dysmotility held from 2-3:30 PM CT. Sian Bigora, Pharm.D., Processa Pharmaceuticals’ Chief Development and Regulatory Officer, will present the Phase 2a results on the improvement in symptom scores and gastric emptying rate in gastroparesis patients treated with PCS12852.

During these meetings, Processa’s presentation will be uploaded into a portal, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The presentation will also be made available in the “Investors” section on Processa’s website, located at https://www.processapharmaceuticals.com.

Processa undertakes no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise the information contained in this report, although it may do so from time to time through the filing of other reports or documents with the Securities Exchange Commission, through press releases, or through other public disclosure, including in the “Investors” section of Processa’s website. Processa routinely uses its website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

SIGNATURE

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, on May 6, 2023.