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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SOON-SHIONG PATRICK   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. [SRNE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 9922 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/09/2015 (Street) CULVER CITY, CA 90232 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 12/09/2015   A   39,764 A $ 7.9291 (1) 873,938 D   Common Stock               7,188,061 I Through Cambridge Equities, LP (2)

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Warrant

$ 5.8 (3)

12/22/2014

12/22/2017

Common Stock

1,724,138

1,724,138

I

Through Cambridge Equities, LP (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SOON-SHIONG PATRICK 9922 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD CULVER CITY, CA 90232		X
MP 13 Ventures, LLC 9922 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD CULVER CITY, CA 90232		X
Cambridge Equities, LP 9922 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD CULVER CITY, CA 90232		X

Signatures

/s/ Patrick Soon-Shiong		12/10/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Charles Kenworthy, Manager of MP13 Ventures, on behalf of itself and as General Partner of Cambridge Equities, LP		12/10/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These shares of common stock were acquired on the open market. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong undertakes to provide to Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), any securityholder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the price at which these shares were acquired.
(2)	Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is the sole member of MP 13 Ventures, LLC ("MP 13 Ventures"), which is the general partner of Cambridge Equities, LP ("Cambridge Equities").
(3)	The exercise price of the Warrant is subject to customary adjustment provisions for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like.

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