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):  October 16, 2012

DYAX CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(617) 225-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Not Applicable
(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:

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

Effective October 16, 2012, the Board of Directors of Dyax Corp. ("Dyax" or the "Company") appointed Marc D. Kozin to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Kozin will serve in the class of directors whose terms expire at Dyax's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

In addition, the Board has determined that Mr. Kozin will be an independent director as defined by applicable NASDAQ Stock Market standards governing the independence of directors.

Mr. Kozin will receive the standard compensation for outside directors of Dyax, including retainer fees for Board and committee service and stock options.

A press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Kozin as a director, as described above, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

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.

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