SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CRAVES FRED B (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BAY CITY CAPITAL, LLC 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP [ MDGL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/22/2016
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/22/2016		A		296,067(1)	A	$0	296,067	D
Common Stock	07/22/2016		A		5,538,474(1)	A	$0	5,538,474	I	Bay City Capital Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV")(2)
Common Stock	07/22/2016		A		119,380(1)	A	$0	119,380	I	Bay City Capital Fund IV Co-Investment Fund, L.P. ("Co-Investment")(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares issued relate to the exchange of shares of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (as a private company) for shares of Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. per Synta's agreement to acquire Madrigal, dated April 13, 2016. After the completion of the Merger, Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. changed its name to Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2. Dr. Craves disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities owned by Fund IV, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any, in the securities by virtue of the limited liability company interests he owns in Bay City Capital LLC, which is the manager of Fund IV's general partner, Bay City Capital Management IV LLC.

3. Dr. Craves disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities owned by Co-Investment, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any, in the securities by virtue of the limited liability company interests he owns in Bay City Capital LLC, which is the manager of Co-Investment's general partner, Bay City Capital Management IV LLC.

	/s/ Fred B. Craves	07/26/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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