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): June 5, 2008
VANDA
PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or
other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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000-51863
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03-0491827
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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9605
Medical Center Drive
Suite 300
Rockville,
Maryland 20850
(Address
of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (240)
599-4500
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Applicable
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
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On
June
5, 2008, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Vanda”) issued a joint press release with
Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings announcing that they had entered
into an exclusive alliance to develop and commercialize a series of diagnostic
tests for genetic markers identified by Vanda in the course of its clinical
development of FanaptaTM
(iloperidone). The full text of this press release is furnished as Exhibit
99.1
to this Form 8-K.
The
information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and the press release furnished
as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific
reference in such a filing.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release of Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings and Vanda
Pharmaceuticals Inc. dated June 5,
2008.
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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.
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VANDA
PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
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By:
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/s/
STEVEN
A. SHALLCROSS
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Name:
Steven A. Shallcross
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Title:
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer
and Treasurer
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Dated:
June 5, 2008