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): August 1, 2016

 

 

Horizon Pharma Public Limited Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-35238   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Connaught House, 1st Floor, 1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 C5Y6, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 011-353-1-772-2100

 

 

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:

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Horizon Pharma has secured covered status for DUEXIS® and VIMOVO® with CVS/Caremark. The Company has been informed that beginning January 1, 2017, DUEXIS and VIMOVO will be removed from the CVS/Caremark exclusion list.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to whether DUEXIS and VIMOVO will be removed from the CVS/Caremark exclusion list and the timing thereof. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Horizon Pharma and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks that CVS/Caremark makes other changes to its exclusion list or that DUEXIS or VIMOVO are later re-included in the CVS/Caremark exclusion list; and those risks detailed from time-to-time under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in Horizon Pharma’s filings and reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Horizon Pharma undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this report as a result of new information.


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.

 

Date: August 2, 2016     HORIZON PHARMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    By:  

/s/ Paul W. Hoelscher

      Paul W. Hoelscher
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer