UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 1, 2013
OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-33415 | 65-1178822 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct., Suite 200, La Jolla, CA |
92037 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 875-8600
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
In preparation for the potential launch of Contrave®, on October 1, 2013, Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) entered into Amendment Number 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Collaboration Agreement for the development and commercialization of Contrave in North America, dated September 1, 2010, between the Company and Takeda (the “Collaboration Agreement”). Pursuant to the Amendment, among other things, Takeda assumed from the Company the responsibility to package Contrave for commercial sale under the terms of the Collaboration Agreement. The Company will continue to supply bulk tablets of Contrave to Takeda in accordance with the terms of the Collaboration Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment, a copy of which the Company intends to file with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2013, requesting confidential treatment for certain portions.
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.
| OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: October 7, 2013 | By: | /s/ Joseph P. Hagan | ||||
| Name: | Joseph P. Hagan | |||||
| Title: | Chief Business Officer | |||||