-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Gt/VDkaRxF08gW3sS2aJI8VfVHWFvBq+yOt/mlrUQ3O7vqsESwS6r8mocyKPdEQT W8zITyATuoZc6W84pdiJ7Q== 0001157523-09-008321.txt : 20091125 0001157523-09-008321.hdr.sgml : 20091125 20091125161534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-09-008321 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091119 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20091125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091125 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DYAX CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000907562 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731] IRS NUMBER: 043053198 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24537 FILM NUMBER: 091208605 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE KENDALL SQ BLDG 600 5TH FL CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE KENDALL SQ BLDG 600 STREET 2: 5TH FL CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIOTAGE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951117 8-K 1 a6107885.htm DYAX CORP. 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):  November 19, 2009


DYAX CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

000-24537

04-3053198

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

300 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


(617) 225-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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Item 1.01.     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 19, 2009, Dyax Corp. entered into separate agreements with three wholly-owned subsidiaries of AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, Inc. (ABSG) to establish an exclusive distribution network and provide comprehensive call center services to support commercialization of Dyax's lead product KALBITOR® (ecallantide) if approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  KALBITOR, which is currently under review by the FDA for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema, has a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of December 1, 2009.

The ABSG agreements consist of:

  • an agreement between Dyax and US Bioservices Corporation (US Bio), under which US Bio will serve as Dyax's exclusive specialty pharmacy for KALBITOR in the United States, and will also provide comprehensive call center support services for patients and healthcare providers seeking information and access to KALBITOR;
  • an agreement between Dyax and ASD Specialty Healthcare Inc. (ASD), under which ASD will serve as Dyax's exclusive wholesale distributor for KALBITOR in the United States; and
  • an agreement between Dyax and Integrated Commercialization Solutions, Inc. (ICS), under which ICS will provide warehousing, inventory management and other logistical services in connection with the distribution of KALBITOR throughout the United States.

All three agreements have an initial term of three years, although each contains customary termination provisions and may be terminated by Dyax for any reason upon six months prior written notice.

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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.

 

DYAX CORP.

 

 

Dated:

November 24, 2009 By:

/s/ Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch

Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch

Executive Vice President Corporate Development

and General Counsel

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