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): November 27, 2017

  

 

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
Science Park, POB 455
Carmiel, Israel		20100
(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.)

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events

 

On November 27, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing that positive results from the Company’s Phase I/II open label extension trial of pegunigalsidase alfa, or PRX-102, were presented by Prof. Raphael Schiffmann, Director, Institute of Metabolic Disease at the Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, at the New Horizons in Fabry Disease Conference. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)	Exhibits
99.1	Press release dated November 27, 2017.

 

 

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: November 27, 2017	PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Moshe Manor
		Name: Moshe Manor
		Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer