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): September 19, 2010
THERAVANCE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware |
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000-30319 |
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94-3265960 |
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):
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 19, 2010, at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Barcelona, Spain, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) presented six posters on the components of RELOVAIR™, fluticasone furoate (FF), the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), and vilanterol trifenatate (VI), the long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA). These posters contained information from a Phase 2 study of FF, and Phase 2b studies with the individual components, FF and VI. RELOVAIR™ is a once-daily combination medicine of FF and VI under development for the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma under the LABA collaboration between GSK and Theravance, Inc. The six posters are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 to 99.6 and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit 99.1 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF), a novel inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), demonstrates once-daily efficacy in asthma when dosed in the evening |
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Exhibit 99.2 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF) a once-daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), demonstrates dose-response efficacy in patients symptomatic on non-steroidal asthma therapy |
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Exhibit 99.3 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF), an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), is efficacious in asthma patients symptomatic on low doses of ICS therapy |
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Exhibit 99.4 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF), an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), demonstrates efficacy in asthma patients symptomatic on moderate doses of ICS therapy |
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Exhibit 99.5 |
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Safety of vilanterol trifenatate (VI) in a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) dose-ranging study |
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Exhibit 99.6 |
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Dose-related efficacy of vilanterol trifenatate (VI) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
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.
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THERAVANCE, INC. |
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Date: September 20, 2010 |
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/s/ Michael W. Aguiar |
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Michael W. Aguiar |
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Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Description |
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Exhibit 99.1 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF), a novel inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), demonstrates once-daily efficacy in asthma when dosed in the evening |
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Exhibit 99.2 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF) a once-daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), demonstrates dose-response efficacy in patients symptomatic on non-steroidal asthma therapy |
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Exhibit 99.3 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF), an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), is efficacious in asthma patients symptomatic on low doses of ICS therapy |
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Exhibit 99.4 |
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Fluticasone furoate (FF), an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), demonstrates efficacy in asthma patients symptomatic on moderate doses of ICS therapy |
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Exhibit 99.5 |
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Safety of vilanterol trifenatate (VI) in a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) dose-ranging study |
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Exhibit 99.6 |
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Dose-related efficacy of vilanterol trifenatate (VI) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |