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 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

March 9, 2016

 

 

AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36352   20-8756903

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

245 First Street, Suite 1100, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(617) 871-2098

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 9, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing the successful outcome of an oral hearing held March 8-9, 2016 before the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office regarding FibroGen’s European Patent EP 1 463 823. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in this Item shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. dated March 9, 2016


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.

 

  AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:  

/s/ JOHN P. BUTLER

 

John P. Butler

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 9, 2016


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. dated March 9, 2016