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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): August 8, 2013

 

 

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-30929   13-4087132

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

750 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(212) 531-5965

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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.

 

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

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2b under the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 8, 2013, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Keryx” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval for the marketing and sale of Zerenex™ (ferric citrate coordination complex), the Company’s drug candidate for the treatment of elevated serum phosphorus levels, or hyperphosphatemia, in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated August 8, 2013.


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.

 

    Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    (Registrant)
Date: August 8, 2013      
    By:  

/s/ James F. Oliviero

      James F. Oliviero
      Chief Financial Officer


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated August 8, 2013.