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):  January 10, 2008

 

 

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)

 

 

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)

 

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Item 8.01  Other Events.

 

On January 10, 2008, the Federal Register reflected that the new drug application for telavancin, Theravance’s bactericidal, once-daily injectable antibiotic proposed to treat complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) caused by Gram-positive bacteria, has been assigned a review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Anti-Infective Drug Advisory Committee at 8:00 a.m. EST on February 27th, 2008.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

THERAVANCE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: January 11, 2008

By:

/s/ Michael W. Aguiar

 

 

Michael W. Aguiar

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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