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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 27, 2013

 

VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

0-021699

 

23-2789550

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)

 

730 STOCKTON DRIVE, EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA

 

19341

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(610) 458-7300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

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

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On June 27, 2013, ViroPharma Incorporated announced updated preliminary data from two ongoing Phase 2 dose ranging open label studies investigating maribavir for both first line treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia and treatment of resistant/refractory CMV.

 

The full text of a press release issued in connection with the announcement is set forth as Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are attached to this Form 8-K:

 

(d)

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated June 27, 2013.

 

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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.

 

 

 

VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

Date: June 27, 2013

By:

/s/ J. Peter Wolf

 

 

 

J. Peter Wolf

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Index of Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release dated June 27, 2013.

 

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