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):  May 21, 2013

 

 

THERAVANCE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

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 May 21, 2013 at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) presented posters containing information from Phase 3 studies of the combination treatment fluticasone furoate/vilanterol (FF/VI), Phase 3 studies of the combination treatment umeclidinium bromide (UMEC)/VI.  FF/VI, known in the United States as BREO™ ELLIPTA™ (100/25mcg), recently gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval as an inhaled long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.  It is also indicated to reduce exacerbations of COPD in patients with a history of exacerbations.  It is not indicated for the relief of acute bronchospasm or the treatment of asthma.  FF/VI remains in development elsewhere in the world for the maintenance treatment of asthma and COPD, with pending marketing authorization applications in a number of countries.  It is not currently approved or licensed in the European Union or anywhere outside of the U.S.  UMEC, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist, combined with VI, a LABA, is a once-daily investigational medicine for the maintenance treatment of patients with COPD.  FF/VI and UMEC/VI are in development under the LABA collaboration agreement between GSK and Theravance, Inc.  The posters are filed as Exhibits 99.1 to 99.4 to this report and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)     Exhibits

 

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 99.1		Effect of fluticasone furoate (FF)/vilanterol (VI) compared with VI on COPD exacerbations: a pre-specified subgroup analysis
Exhibit 99.2		Efficacy of fluticasone furoate (FF)/vilanterol (VI) on lung function in COPD: a pre-specified subgroup analysis
Exhibit 99.3		The efficacy and safety of umeclidinium/vilanterol compared with tiotropium in COPD
Exhibit 99.4		Efficacy and safety of once-daily umeclidinium/vilanterol 62.5/25mcg in patients with COPD

 

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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: May 21, 2013	By:	/s/ Michael W. Aguiar
		Michael W. Aguiar
		Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
Exhibit 99.1		Effect of fluticasone furoate (FF)/vilanterol (VI) compared with VI on COPD exacerbations: a pre-specified subgroup analysis
Exhibit 99.2		Efficacy of fluticasone furoate (FF)/vilanterol (VI) on lung function in COPD: a pre-specified subgroup analysis
Exhibit 99.3		The efficacy and safety of umeclidinium/vilanterol compared with tiotropium in COPD
Exhibit 99.4		Efficacy and safety of once-daily umeclidinium/vilanterol 62.5/25mcg in patients with COPD

 

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