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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):
                                February 7, 2006

                               TRANSGENOMIC, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Delaware                                  000-30975
          (State of Formation)                     (Commission File Number)

                                    911789357
                      (IRS Employer Identification Number)

               12325 Emmet Street
                   Omaha, NE                                68164
    (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

                                 (402) 452-5400
              (Registrants' telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS.

         On Thursday, February 9, 2006, the Company issued a press release
announcing that NorDiag ASA and Transgenomic, Inc. have entered into an
exclusive European license and supply agreement which will unite the two
companies' technologies in the fight against colorectal and pancreatic cancer. A
copy of the press release is filed herewith as Item 9.01 and is incorporated
herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)      Exhibits

         Press Release, dated February 9, 2006, announcing that NorDiag ASA and
Transgenomic, Inc. have entered into an exclusive European license and supply
agreement which will unite the two companies' technologies in the fight against
colorectal and pancreatic cancer.

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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.

                                                 TRANSGENOMIC, INC.

                                                 By   /s/ Mitchell L. Murphy
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                                                      Mitchell L. Murphy
                                                      VP, Secretary & Treasurer

February 9, 2006

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