Form 8-K

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 8, 2007

 


REPLIGEN CORPORATION

(Exact name of registration as specified in charter)

 


 

Delaware   0-14656   04-2729386

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

41 Seyon Street, Bldg. 1, Suite 100, Waltham, MA   02453
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (781) 250-0111

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 12, 2007 Repligen announced in a press release that on June 8, 2007, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a favorable ruling on the sanctions motion filed by Repligen and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) against ImClone Systems, Incorporated (ImClone) in the Erbitux® patent infringement case. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

  99.1   Press Release by Repligen Corporation, dated June 12, 2007.


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.

 

    REPLIGEN CORPORATION
Dated: June 12, 2007     By:  

/s/ Walter C. Herlihy

      Walter C. Herlihy
      President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   

Exhibit

99.1    Press Release, dated June 12, 2007