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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 9, 2017

ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ireland

 

001-35299

 

98-1007018

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connaught House, 1 Burlington Road

 

 

Dublin 4, Ireland

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code): + 353-1-772-8000

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):

 

 

 

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 


 

 

Item 8.01.  Other Events

 

On March 9, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trials and Appeal Board upheld the claims challenged via the inter partes review process of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,663,685, 8,440,703, 8,354,437 and 8,007,826 (the “IPR Proceeding”), which are Orange Book-listed patents for AMPYRA® (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg.

 

These patents, as well as U.S. Patent No. 5,540,938, which was not involved in the IPR Proceeding and is also an AMPYRA Orange Book-listed patent, have also been challenged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The Court has completed the trial of the case, but not yet issued its decision.

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

ALKERMES PLC

   

   

Date: March 9, 2017

By:  

/s/ David J. Gaffin  

   

 

 

 

 

   

   

David J. Gaffin   

   

 

 

 

 

   

   

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

   

 

 

 

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