UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 9, 2019

CELLECTAR BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

1-36598

04-3321804

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

100 Campus Drive, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932
(Address of principal executive offices, and zip code)

(608) 441-8120
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.00001

Warrant to purchase common stock, expiring August 20, 2019

Warrant to purchase common stock, expiring April 20, 2021

CLRB

CLRBW

CLRBZ

NASDAQ Capital Market

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On July 9, 2019, we issued a press release announcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for CLR 131 in relapsed or refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

Number		Title
99.1		Press release dated July 9, 2019, titled “Cellectar Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for CLR 131 in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma”

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.

Dated: July 9, 2019	CELLECTAR BIOSCIENCES, INC.


	By:	/s/ Charles T. Bernhardt
		Name: Charles T. Bernhardt
		Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer