0001102624-14-000410.txt : 20140318 0001102624-14-000410.hdr.sgml : 20140318 20140318171532 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001102624-14-000410 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140313 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20140318 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140318 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: 14701839 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 theravance8k.htm THERAVANCE, INC. 8-K theravance8k.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):  March 13, 2014
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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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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 March 17, 2014, Theravance, Inc. (“Theravance”) was informed by its partner, Clinigen Group plc (“Clinigen”) that it had received a notification dated March 13, 2014 from the European Commission (EC) that the EC has lifted the Europe-wide suspension of Marketing Authorization and amended the Marketing Authorization for VIBATIV® (telavancin) for the treatment of adults with nosocomial pneumonia (hospital-acquired), including ventilator-associated pneumonia, known or suspected to be caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) when other alternatives are not suitable.  Theravance and Clinigen have an exclusive commercialization agreement in the European Union and certain other European countries (including Switzerland and Norway) for VIBATIV®.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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: March 18, 2014
  
By:
  
/s/ Michael W. Aguiar                          
       
Michael W. Aguiar
       
Chief Financial Officer