Current Report Filing (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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 7, 2017

 

 

 

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-33357		65-0643773
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2 Snunit Street
Science Park, POB 455
Carmiel, Israel		20100
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code [phone]

 

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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¨	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 June 7, 2017, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. issued a press release announcing that phase II trial results, including new clinical data, for alidornase alfa (PRX-110) for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) will be the subject of an oral presentation at the 40th European Cystic Fibrosis Society Conference in Seville, Spain. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

99.1

Press release dated June 7, 2017.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

	PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: June 7, 2017	By:	/s/ Moshe Manor
		Name:  Moshe Manor Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer