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| EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE - VIROPHARMA INC | dex991.htm |
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): March 18, 2011
VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| DELAWARE | 0-021699 | 23-2789550 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
| 730 STOCKTON DRIVE, EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA | 19341 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(610) 458-7300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
ViroPharma Incorporated (the “Company”) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion at its plenary meeting in March 2011 recommending approval of a Centralized Marketing Authorization for Cinryze® (C1 inhibitor [human]) in adults and adolescents with hereditary angioedema (HAE) for routine prevention, pre-procedure prevention and acute treatment of angioedema attacks. The CHMP also notes the relationship between Sanquin and ViroPharma, and that Sanquin’s C1 inhibitor, Cetor, is approved in a limited number of member states for acute treatment which is one of the three indications recommended for Cinryze, as an outstanding issue that must be considered by the European Commission prior to approval of the Cinryze Marketing Authorization Application. The full text of a press release issued by the Company in connection with the announcement is set forth as Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibits are attached to this Form 8-K:
| (d) | Exhibit No. |
Description | ||
| 99.1 | Press release dated March 18, 2011. | |||
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.
| VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED | ||||||
| Date: March 18, 2011 | By: | /s/ J. Peter Wolf | ||||
| J. Peter Wolf | ||||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||
Index of Exhibits
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated March 18, 2011. | |