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 27, 2014

 

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Florida   001-33357   65-0643773

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

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

 

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

 

(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):

 

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

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On June 27, 2014, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. issued a press release announcing new clinical data on ELELYSOTM (taliglucerase alfa) that was presented at the European Working Group on Gaucher Disease 2014 11th Meeting on June 27, 2014. The meeting is taking place in Haifa, Israel from June 25 through June 28. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

All of the information furnished in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and unless expressly set forth by specific reference in such filings, shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)Exhibits

 

99.1Press release dated June 27, 2014.

 

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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.

 

   PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
       
Date: June 27, 2014  By:  /s/ David Aviezer
   Name:  David Aviezer, Ph.D.
   Title:  President and
      Chief Executive Officer

 

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