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 10, 2006

THERAVANCE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-30319

 

94-3265960

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

901 Gateway Boulevard
South San Francisco, California 94080
(650) 808-6000

(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including area code, of principal executive offices)

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying exhibits shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Theravance, Inc. (the “Theravance”) today announced additional results from its ATLAS 1 and ATLAS 2 studies, as described in the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. Dr. Ralph Corey of Duke Clinical Research Institute, the principal investigator in the ATLAS program, will discuss these results today at the Third International Symposium on Resistant Gram-Positive Infections. Copies of Dr. Corey’s presentation slides are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.




 

ITEM 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press release dated October 10, 2006

Exhibit 99.2

 

Presentation slides

 




 

SIGNATURE

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.

 

THERAVANCE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  October 10, 2006

 

By:

 

/s/ Michael W. Aguiar

 

 

 

 

Michael W. Aguiar

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 




 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated October 10, 2006

99.2

 

Presentation slides