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):

September 29, 2011

 

IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34620

 

04-3404176

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

(Commission file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

301 Binney Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02142

(Address of principal

executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

(617) 621-7722

(Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code)

 

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))

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On September 29, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing that its European partner, Almirall, S.A., submitted a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency for linaclotide, a guanylate cyclase type-C agonist, for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.  A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Press Release dated September 29, 2011

 

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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.

 

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  September 29, 2011

By:

/s/ Michael J. Higgins

 

 

Name: Michael J. Higgins

 

 

Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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