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 29, 2011

 

Cephalon, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-19119

 

23-2484489

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

41 Moores Rd.

 

 

Frazer, Pennsylvania

 

19355

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (610) 344-0200

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 7.01                                             Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On June 29, 2011, Cephalon, Inc. (“Cephalon”) announced to its employees that more than 28,000 patients have been prescribed TREANDA® for CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia) and indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL) and that it has achieved U.S. gross sales of $1 Billion since its launch in 2008.  Cephalon’s net sales of TREANDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 will be announced as part of its quarter end earnings release on August 2, 2011 and in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

 

The information contained in Item 7.01 of this report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

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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.

 

 

 

CEPHALON, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 29, 2011

By:

/s/ Gerald J. Pappert

 

 

Gerald J. Pappert

 

 

Executive Vice President &

 

 

General Counsel

 

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