UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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 18, 2011
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Florida
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001-33357
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65-0643773 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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| 2 Snunit Street |
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| Science Park, POB 455 |
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| Carmiel, Israel
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20100 |
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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):
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On February 18, 2011, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release
announcing that new clinical data from the Company’s switchover trial of taliglucerase alfa in
Gaucher disease patients, the Company’s lead product candidate, and preclinical data on oral enzyme
glucocerebrosidase (oral GCD) will be presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Lysosomal Disease
Network: WORLD Symposium 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The presentations are also scheduled to take
place on February 18, 2011. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this report and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed
“filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated February 18, 2011
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