0001104659-15-067907.txt : 20150929 0001104659-15-067907.hdr.sgml : 20150929 20150929090843 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-067907 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150929 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20150929 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150929 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: 151128961 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 951 GATEWAY BLVD CITY: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94080 BUSINESS PHONE: 6502389600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 951 GATEWAY BLVD CITY: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94080 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ADVANCED MEDICINE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000302 8-K 1 a15-20354_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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):  September 29, 2015

 

 

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)

 

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)

 

 

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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o            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 September 29, 2015, an oral presentation at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress regarding the GlaxoSmithKline plc-sponsored Study to Understand Mortality and MorbidITy in COPD (SUMMIT), a survival study of RELVAR®/BREO® ELLIPTA® 100/25mcg (fluticasone furoate/vilanterol or “FF/VI”) was made by the Principal Investigator in that study on behalf of the study investigators.  The aim of the study was to prospectively evaluate the effect of FF/VI 100/25mcg compared with the placebo on survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with moderate airflow limitation and a history or risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).  FF/VI is in development under the LABA collaboration agreement between GSK and Theravance, Inc.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

THERAVANCE, INC.

 

 

Date: September 29, 2015

By:

/s/ Eric d’Esparbes

 

 

 

 

 

Eric d’Esparbes

 

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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