Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

            Amendment No. 1            

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 9, 2004

 

 

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   0-27756   13-3648318

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

352 Knotter Drive, Cheshire, CT   06410
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

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

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Item 5.   Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

 

This Amendment No. 1 relates to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2003. The purpose of this amendment is to update Item 7(c).

 

On December 18, 2003, the Company announced its entry into a collaborative agreement with XOMA Ltd. (the “Agreement”) for the development and commercialization of a rationally designed human c-MPL agonist antibody to treat chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia.

 

On January 9, 2004 the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commision an application for confidential treatment of certain portions of the Agreement. A copy of the Agreement, with the confidential portions redacted, is filed herewith as exhibit 10.28.

 

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (c) Exhibits.

 

10.28

   Co-Development and Co-Commercialization Agreement between Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and XOMA (US) LLC, dated as of December 17, 2003.
99.1     Press Release dated December 18, 2003.*
* Previously filed

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

Date: January 9, 2004

   By:   /s/    David W. Keiser
     
        Name:   David W. Keiser
        Title:   President and Chief Operating Officer

 

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