Form 8-K

 

 

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): January 19, 2010 (January 15, 2010)

 

 

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-15989   13-4022871

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

100 Endo Boulevard, Chadds Ford, PA   19317
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (610) 558-9800

Not Applicable

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:

 

¨ 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))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events

On January 15, 2010, the Registrant’s partners, Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd. and Teikoku Pharma USA, Inc. received a Paragraph IV Certification Notice from Watson Laboratories, Inc. advising of the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for a generic version of Lidoderm® (lidocaine topical patch 5%).

The Paragraph IV certification notice refers to U.S. Patent No. 5,827,529, which covers the formulation of Lidoderm®, a topical patch to relieve the pain of postherpetic neuralgia launched in 1999. This patent is listed in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Orange Book and expires in October 2015.

The Company hereby incorporates by reference the press release dated January 19, 2010, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and made a part of this Item 8.01.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Press Release of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. dated January 19, 2010


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.

 

ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC.
(Registrant)
By:   /S/    CAROLINE B. MANOGUE        
Name:   Caroline B. Manogue
Title:  

Executive Vice President,

Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

Dated: January 19, 2010


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Press Release of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. dated January 19, 2010