UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): February 10, 2020

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-33357		65-0643773
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
2 Snunit Street		20100
Science Park, POB 455
Carmiel, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code +972-4-988-9488

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.001 par value	PLX	NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 10, 2020, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that one-year interim data from the ongoing Phase III BRIDGE clinical trial of the Company’s pegunigalsidase alfa candidate (PRX-102) for the treatment of Fabry disease will be presented via a poster presentation at the 16^th Annual WORLDSymposium™ 2020 in Florida, as well as other data.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Copies of the oral presentation and the posters will be made available on the Company’s website under the Presentations tab in the Investors section.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release dated February 10, 2020.

SIGNATURES

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.

Date: February 10, 2020	PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Dror Bashan
		Name:	Dror Bashan
		Title:	President and
			Chief Executive Officer