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

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

Florida (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		000-27836 (Commission File Number)		65-0643773 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

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

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On June 25, 2009, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the initiation of a home care treatment program for patients enrolled in the Company’s phase III extension trial of plant-cell expressed recombinant glucocerebrosidase (prGCD), the Company’s lead product candidate. The phase III extension trial is a follow-on study to the Company’s on-going pivotal phase III clinical trial, which is evaluating the safety and efficacy of prGCD in treatment-naive patients of Gaucher disease, a lysosomal storage disorder in humans. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

99.1

Press release dated June 25, 2009.

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.