-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MAQGionXdO8bfV03zhIYJNEAkeTPYWJxrd/vWZ8dTu+Z9oh+Tx/8h/6LS3ImRle5 KEgQNHQgbaxIEw2DMlRH/A== 0001193125-08-186444.txt : 20080828 0001193125-08-186444.hdr.sgml : 20080828 20080828124935 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-186444 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080828 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080828 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080828 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001009356 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 943267443 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-23265 FILM NUMBER: 081044586 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1700 PERIMETER PARK DRIVE CITY: MORRISVILLE STATE: NC ZIP: 27560 BUSINESS PHONE: (919) 862-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1700 PERIMETER PARK DRIVE CITY: MORRISVILLE STATE: NC ZIP: 27560 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SALIX HOLDINGS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970807 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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) August 28, 2008

 

 

SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

000-23265   94-3267443
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer ID Number)

 

1700 Perimeter Park Drive, Morrisville, North Carolina   27560
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (919) 862-1000

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 28, 2008, Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. issued a press release announcing that the company will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008 in Boston, MA on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. ET. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1   Press release dated August 28, 2008.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD.
Date: August 28, 2008  
 

/s/ Adam C. Derbyshire

  Adam C. Derbyshire
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:      Adam C. Derbyshire    G. Michael Freeman
     Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer		    Associate Vice President, Investor Relations
and Corporate Communications
     919-862-1000    919-862-1000

SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS TO PRESENT AT THOMAS WEISEL

PARTNERS CONFERENCE

RALEIGH, NC, August 28, 2008 - Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that the Company will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008 in Boston, MA on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. ET.

Interested parties can access a live audio web cast of the presentation at http://www.salix.com. A replay of the presentation will be available at the same location.

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, develops and markets prescription pharmaceutical products for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Salix’s strategy is to in-license late-stage or marketed proprietary therapeutic drugs, complete any required development and regulatory submission of these products, and market them through the Company’s gastroenterology specialty sales and marketing team.

Salix markets COLAZAL® (balsalazide disodium) Capsules 750 mg, XIFAXAN® (rifaximin) tablets 200 mg , OSMOPREP® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, MOVIPREP® (PEG 3350, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Ascorbate and Ascorbic Acid for Oral Solution), VISICOL® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP, and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, PEPCID® (famotidine) for Oral Suspension, Oral Suspension DIURIL® (Chlorothiazide), AZASAN® Azathioprine Tablets, USP, 75/100 mg , ANUSOL-HC®

2.5% (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP), ANUSOL-HC® 25 mg Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate), PROCTOCORT® Cream (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP) 1% and PROCTOCORT® Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate Rectal Suppositories) 30 mg. Vapreotide acetate, metoclopramide-ZYDIS®, balsalazide tablet, granulated mesalamine and rifaximin for additional indications are under development.

For full prescribing information on Salix products, please visit www.salix.com or contact the Company at 919 862-1000.

Salix trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “SLXP.”

For more information please visit our web site at www.salix.com . Information on our web site is not incorporated in our SEC filings.

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