Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On August 14,, 2009, Neurogen Corporation issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the quarter ended June 31, 2009. The information contained in Exhibit 99.1 is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing to this Item 2.02.