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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 21, 2012

 

 

SYNAGEVA BIOPHARMA CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-23155   56-1808663
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

128 Spring Street, Suite 520, Lexington, Massachusetts 02421

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 357-9900

 

 

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 (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 21, 2012, Synageva BioPharma Corp. issued a press release announcing acceptance of data from its on-going Phase I/II extension study of SBC-102 in adults with late onset LAL Deficiency for presentation at the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) meeting being held in Birmingham, England, September 4-7, 2012. 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 dated June 21, 2012.


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.

 

SYNAGEVA BIOPHARMA CORP.
By:  

/s/ Sanj K. Patel

  Sanj K. Patel
  President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: June 22, 2012


Index to Exhibits

 

99.1    Press Release dated June 21, 2012.