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):  June 30, 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)

951 Gateway Boulevard

South San Francisco, California 94080

(650) 238-9600

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

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 30, 2014, GlaxoSmithKline plc received a Notice of Acceptance for the regulatory application submitted to the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) for the combination medicine of umeclidinium “UMEC”, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), and vilanterol “VI”, a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (LABA), administered using the ELLIPTA® dry powder inhaler, as a long term maintenance bronchodilator treatment to relieve symptoms in adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following once-daily administration.  UMEC/VI has been developed under the 2002 LABA collaboration agreement between Glaxo Group Limited and Theravance, Inc. 

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: June 30, 2014	By:	/s/ Michael W. Aguiar
		Michael W. Aguiar
		Chief Financial Officer