Form 8-K

0001193125-11-276035.txt : 20111020 0001193125-11-276035.hdr.sgml : 20111020 20111020161334 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-276035 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111019 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20111020 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111020 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899866 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 133648318 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27756 FILM NUMBER: 111150399 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 352 KNOTTER DRIVE CITY: CHESHIRE STATE: CT ZIP: 06511 BUSINESS PHONE: 2037761790 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 352 KNOTTER DRIVE CITY: CHESHIRE STATE: CT ZIP: 06511 8-K 1 d245569d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): October 19, 2011

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-27756

13-3648318

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

352 Knotter Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 272-2596

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 October 19, 2011, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. received notice that the European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected the opposition filed by Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. in August 2010 to Alexion’s European Patent 0758904 (EP 0758904). The EPO concluded that EP 0758904 as originally granted meets the requirements of the European Patent Convention; and following this rejection of the opposition the claims of the patent as originally issued by the EPO in November 2009 remain unchanged, valid and in force.

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.


	ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

	By:	/s/ Michael V. Greco
Date: October 20, 2011
	Name:	Michael V. Greco
	Title:	Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary