UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): October 24, 2012
THERAVANCE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware |
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000-30319 |
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94-3265960 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
901 Gateway Boulevard
South San Francisco, California 94080
(650) 808-6000
(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including area code, of principal executive offices)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 24, 2012, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) presented a poster titled, “An analysis of the dose response of umeclidinium (GSK573719) administered once or twice daily in patients with COPD” at CHEST 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), in Atlanta, Georgia. Umeclidinium (GSK573719 or UMEC), a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), combined with vilanterol (VI), a long-acting beta agonist (LABA), is a once-daily investigational medicine for the maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). UMEC/VI is in development under the LABA collaboration agreement between GSK and the Theravance, Inc. (the “Company”). The poster is filed as Exhibits 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Description |
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Exhibit 99.1 |
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An analysis of the dose response of umeclidinium (GSK573719) administered once or twice daily in patients with COPD |
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.
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Date: October 24, 2012 |
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/s/ Michael W. Aguiar |
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Michael W. Aguiar |
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Chief Financial Officer |