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):  January 26, 2018

 

 

INNOVIVA, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

2000 Sierra Point Parkway

Suite 500
Brisbane, California 94005

(650) 238-9600

(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including area code, of principal executive offices)

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On January 26, 2018, GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) and Innoviva, Inc. (Innoviva) issued a press release announcing that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use issued a positive opinion recommending a label update for the use of once-daily RELVAR® ELLIPTA® (fluticasone furoate/vilanterol, FF/VI), an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) / long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA) combination, in patients whose asthma is already adequately controlled on both an inhaled corticosteroid and long-action beta2 agonist.

 

RELVAR® ELLIPTA® has been developed under the LABA collaboration agreement between GSK and Innoviva.

 

The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1

Press Release dated January 26, 2018

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	INNOVIVA, INC.
Date: January 26, 2018	By:	/s/ Eric d’Esparbes
		Eric d’Esparbes
		Chief Financial Officer

 

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