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): January 4, 2011 (January 4, 2011)

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

Florida		001-33357		65-0643773
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)				Identification No.)

2 Snunit Street		20100
Science Park, POB 455		(Zip Code)
Carmiel, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code +972-4-988-9488

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

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 4, 2011, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has been invited to deliver an oral presentation on PRX-105, the Company’s plant cell expressed pegylated recombinant human acetylcholinesterase in development for use in several therapeutic and prophylactic indications, as well as in a biodefense program and an organophosphate-based pesticide treatment program, at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Industry Day. BARDA resides within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The BARDA Industry Day is being held in conjunction with the HHS 5th Annual Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) Stakeholders Workshop being held on January 10 through 12, 2011, in Washington, D.C.

The information in Item 7.01 of this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “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 to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release dated January 4, 2011.

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.