theravance8k.htm



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported):  June 30, 2014
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THERAVANCE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-30319
(Commission File Number)
94-3265960
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

951 Gateway Boulevard
South San Francisco, California 94080 
(650) 238-9600
(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including area code, of principal executive offices)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 30, 2014, GlaxoSmithKline plc received a Notice of Acceptance for the regulatory application submitted to the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) for the combination medicine of umeclidinium “UMEC”, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), and vilanterol “VI”, a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (LABA), administered using the ELLIPTA® dry powder inhaler, as a long term maintenance bronchodilator treatment to relieve symptoms in adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following once-daily administration.  UMEC/VI has been developed under the 2002 LABA collaboration agreement between Glaxo Group Limited and Theravance, Inc. 

 
 
 

 

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: June 30, 2014
 
By:
 
 /s/ Michael W. Aguiar
       
Michael W. Aguiar
       
Chief Financial Officer