Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2006

 

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   000-27756   13-3648318

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

352 Knotter Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 272-2596

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 9, 2006, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release announcing that abstracts relating to its lead product candidate Soliris™ (eculizumab), a treatment for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a rare life-threatening genetic blood disorder (“PNH”) have been published by the American Society of Hematology (“ASH”). Each of these abstracts will be presented at the 2006 ASH Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, December 9th to 12th by leading investigators in the Soliris™ (eculizumab) PNH clinical studies.

Copies of the abstracts are available and can be viewed on-line through the ASH website: www.hematology.org/meetings/abstracts.cfm.

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1   Press Release issued by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on November 9, 2006.

Signature

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.

 

  ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: November 10, 2006   By:  

/s/ Thomas I. H. Dubin

  Name:   Thomas I. H. Dubin
  Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on November 9, 2006.