Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 8, 2010

 

 

MAP PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33719   20-0507047

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2400 Bayshore Parkway, Suite 200, Mountain

View, CA

  94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 386-3100

 

(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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Item 8.01 Other Events

In a press release issued on November 8, 2010, MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that in a clinical trial evaluating whether its LEVADEX™ product candidate causes an increase in QT interval, a supra-therapeutic dose of LEVADEX (approximately three times the anticipated commercial dose) did not increase QTc intervals. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated November 8, 2010


 

SIGNATURE

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 8, 2010

 

MAP PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/S/    CHARLENE A. FRIEDMAN        

Name:   Charlene A. Friedman
Title:   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS FILED WITH

THE CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K DATED NOVEMBER 8, 2010

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1

   Press Release of MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated November 8, 2010