UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): June 19, 2012

THERAVANCE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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.

Today at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Congress 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) presented a poster containing information from a Phase 2a study with RELOVAIR™. RELOVAIR™ is a once-daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) combination treatment, comprising fluticasone furoate and vilanterol (FF/VI), currently in development for the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and patients with asthma, under the LABA collaboration agreement between GSK and Theravance, Inc. The poster is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 99.1		Fluticasone furoate and vilanterol suppress allergen-induced bronchial hyper-responsiveness to methacholine

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 19, 2012	By:	/s/ Michael W. Aguiar
		Michael W. Aguiar
		Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 99.1		Fluticasone furoate and vilanterol suppress allergen-induced bronchial hyper-responsiveness to methacholine