Attached files

file filename
EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INCv310253_ex99-1.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): April 23, 2012

 

  

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

000-30929

(Commission File Number)

 

13-4087132

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

750 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(212) 531-5965

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
£Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.
£Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2b under the Exchange Act.
£Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

 
 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

 

On April 23, 2012, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Japanese partner, Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) and Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Torii), announced positive top-line results from a Phase 3 study of ferric citrate in Japan for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. A copy of such press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

 
 

  

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.

 

    Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    (Registrant)
         
         
         
Date:  April 23, 2012        
         
    By: /s/ James F. Oliviero  
      James F. Oliviero  
      Chief Financial Officer  

 

 
 

  

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit  
Number Description
   
99.1 Press Release dated April 23, 2012.