8-K ASN PR & POSTER 11-7-2013

 

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 7, 2013
 
 LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
 
California
0-24274
33-0361285
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
4660 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 1070,
San Diego, California
92122
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 207-4264
  
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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ITEM 7.01
REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

On November 7, 2013, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (the “Company”) hosted a poster at Kidney Week 2013 the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. A copy of the poster from the event is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is also posted on the Company’s website at http://www.ljpc.com. In connection with the poster and data presented, the Company issued a press release on November 7, 2013, a copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information set forth under Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
ITEM 9.01.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
99.1
  
Press release dated November 7, 2013.
99.2
  
Poster used in connection with data presented at ASN November 7, 2013.


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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.
 
   
 
LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
 
 
 
 
Date:
November 7, 2013
By:
/s/    George F. Tidmarsh
 
   
Name:
George F. Tidmarsh, M.D., Ph.D.
 
   
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer

 



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