0001102624-13-001479.txt : 20131209 0001102624-13-001479.hdr.sgml : 20131209 20131209060913 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001102624-13-001479 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131209 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20131209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131209 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERAVANCE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001080014 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 943265960 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30319 FILM NUMBER: 131264363 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 901 GATEWAY BLVD CITY: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94080 BUSINESS PHONE: 6508086000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 901 GATEWAY BLVD CITY: S. SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94080 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ADVANCED MEDICINE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000302 8-K 1 theravanceinc8k.htm THERAVANCE, INC. 8-K theravanceinc8k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported):  December 9, 2013
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THERAVANCE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-30319
(Commission File Number)
94-3265960
(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)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 9, 2013, GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) and Theravance, Inc. announced the launch of Relvar® Ellipta®, the first once-daily ICS/LABA medication for asthma in Japan.  Relvar Ellipta is indicated for bronchial asthma (in the case where concurrent use of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting inhaled beta2 agonist (LABA) is required).  The launch follows the recent approval by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on September 20, 2013.  Relvar is a combination of the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), fluticasone furoate “FF”, and the long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA), vilanterol “VI” (FF/VI).  Two strengths of FF/VI have been approved for the treatment of asthma, 100/25 mcg and 200/25 mcg, and will be administered once-daily using the Ellipta, a new dry powder inhaler (DPI).  Relvar Ellipta has been developed under the collaboration agreement between Glaxo Group Limited and Theravance, Inc.  Theravance, Inc. is obligated to make a milestone payment of $10 million (USD) to GSK following the launch of Relvar Ellipta in Japan.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
         
   
THERAVANCE, INC.
     
Date: December 9, 2013
  
By:
  
 /s/ Michael W. Aguiar
       
Michael W. Aguiar
       
Chief Financial Officer