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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): June 24, 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
(Registrants 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:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act |
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
ViroPharma Incorporated (the Company) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion at its plenary meeting in June 2011 recommending approval of a Pediatric Use Marketing Authorization (PUMA) for Buccolam® (midazolam, oromucosal solution), for treatment of prolonged, acute, convulsive seizures in infants, toddlers, children and adolescents, from 3 months to less than 18 years. If approved by the European Commission, Buccolam would be the first product approved through the centralized PUMA procedure. 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 June 24, 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: June 24, 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 June 24, 2011. |