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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): March 16, 2015
 
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.)

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Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
On March 16, 2015, Pharmacyclics, Inc. (the Company) announced that an Independent Data Monitoring Committee reviewed and assessed HELIOS (CLL3001), an international, Phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) in combination with bendamustine and rituximab (BR) versus placebo in combination with BR in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, and unanimously recommended that the study be unblinded based on clinically meaningful and statistically significant treatment benefit in the IMBRUVICA arm. The study has met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival. The safety profile of IMBRUVICA in combination with BR was consistent with prior clinical experience. IMBRUVICA is jointly developed and commercialized by the Company and Janssen Biotech, Inc.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained on the websites referenced in the press release is not incorporated herein.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)    Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
 
Independent Data Monitoring Committee Unanimously Recommends Unblinding of IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) Phase III Combination HELIOS Trial Based on Interim Analysis Showing Significant Improvement in Progression-Free Survival in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
March 16, 2015
 
PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
 
 
By:
/s/ Manmeet Soni
 
Name:  Manmeet Soni
 
Title:    Chief Financial Officer
   
 
 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
 
Independent Data Monitoring Committee Unanimously Recommends Unblinding of IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) Phase III Combination HELIOS Trial Based on Interim Analysis Showing Significant Improvement in Progression-Free Survival in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma