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

August 7, 2008

SurModics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Minnesota		0-23837		41-1356149
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer
				Identification No.)
9924 West 74th Street
Eden Prairie, Minnesota				55344
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

     On August 8, 2008, SurModics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced in a press release that it had been informed by Merck & Co., Inc. that, in light of results reported in a recently published study comparing laser treatment and intravitreal injections of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), Merck is reevaluating the design of its Phase IIb clinical trial for I-vation™ TA. Pending this review, Merck is temporarily suspending enrollment of new patients in the Phase IIb clinical trial. The License and Research Collaboration Agreement between the companies continues. Other development programs with Merck are unaffected. 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
Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated August 8, 2008.

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.