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| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC | v331591_ex99-2.htm |
| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC | v331591_ex99-1.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): January 3, 2013
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
000-30929 (Commission File Number)
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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 January 3, 2013, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Keryx”) issued a press release announcing that the United States Congress had passed legislation known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which, among other things, delays by two years the implementation of oral-only end-stage renal disease (“ESRD”) related drugs, including phosphate binders, in the bundled ESRD prospective payment system, until January 1, 2016. The legislation has been signed into law by the President of the United States. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
On January 7, 2013, Keryx announced that its Japanese partner, Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT), has filed its New Drug Application (NDA) with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for marketing approval of ferric citrate in Japan for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.2 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: January 7, 2013 | |||
| By: | /s/ James F. Oliviero | ||
| James F. Oliviero | |||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number | Description |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated January 3, 2013 |
| 99.2 | Press Release dated January 7, 2013 |