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): July 7, 2016

 

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  

 

 

         
Delaware   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)
¨ 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))
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Item 8.01. Other Events

 

On July 7, 2016, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the first patient has been dosed in the Company’s phase II clinical trial of AIR DNaseTM (PRX-110) for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis (CF). AIR DNase is a plant cell derived recombinant form of human deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) that is designed through chemical modification to be resistant to inhibition by actin. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

99.1           Press release dated July 7, 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

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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: July 7, 2016 By: /s/ Moshe Manor  
  Name: Moshe Manor  
  Title: President and  
    Chief Executive Officer  
       

 

 

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