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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 16, 2013
 
PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
000-26658
94-3148201
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
995 E. Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, California
94085-4521
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 774-0330
 
 
(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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.
 
On June 16, 2013, at the European Hematology Association 18th Annual Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, Pharmacyclics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), issued a press release announcing the results of two separate Phase 2 studies suggesting that ibrutinib, an investigational oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, showed efficacy when used as a monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The Registrant sponsored both studies and is jointly developing ibrutinib with Janssen Research & Development, LLC. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
 
 
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registrant’s Press Release dated June 16, 2013, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)    Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
99.1
 
 Press Release dated June 16, 2013.
     

 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
June 17, 2013
 
 
PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
 
     
       
 
By: 
/s/ Joshua T. Brumm
   
Name: Joshua T. Brumm
   
Title: Executive Vice President, Finance


 
 
 

 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press Release dated June 16, 2013.