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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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):  October 22, 2013

 

CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-21379

 

22-3192085

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

65 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts  02421

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (781) 860-8660

 

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)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))

 

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 8.01  Other Events.

 

On October 22, 2013, the registrant, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., issued a press release announcing that it had submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting approval of its investigational antibiotic tedizolid phosphate for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections.  A copy of the press release announcing this event has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

99.1        Press Release dated October 22, 2013

 

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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.

 

 

CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas J. DesRosier

 

 

Thomas J. DesRosier

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer,

 

 

General Counsel & Secretary

 

 

Date: October 22, 2013

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated October 22, 2013.

 

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