13G Filing: Perceptive Advisors and Ocera Therapeutics Inc. (OCRX)

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CUSIP
No. 67552A108
13G Page
5 of 8 Pages
       
Item 1.


(a) Name of Issuer:

Ocera
Therapeutics, Inc.



(b) Address
of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

525 University Avenue, Suite 610

Palo Alto, California 94301

 
Item 2.
(a) Name of Person Filing:

This
Schedule 13G (the “Schedule”) is being filed with respect to shares of Common
Stock (as defined below) of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (
the
“Issuer”) which are beneficially owned by Perceptive Advisors LLC, Joseph
Edelman and Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd. (together, the “Reporting
Persons”). See Item 4 below.

(b) Address
of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:

51 Astor Place, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10003

(c) Citizenship:

Perceptive Advisors LLC is a Delaware limited liability company, Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd.
is a Cayman Islands corporation and Joseph Edelman is a United States Citizen.

(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common
Stock
(e) CUSIP Number:

67552A108

             
Item 3. If
this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
       
  (a) o
Broker
or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
  (b) o Bank
as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
  (c) o
Insurance
company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
  (d) o Investment
company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C 80a-8).
  (e) x An
investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
  (f) o An
employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
  (g) o A
parent holding company or control person in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
  (h) o A
savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
  (i) o A
church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
  (j) o Group,
in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

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