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): April 20, 2010

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-50513

 

13-3831168

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

15 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY

 

10532

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (914) 347-4300

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            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 April 20, 2010, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (the “registrant”) issued a press release announcing plans to initiate a Phase 1 single-dose clinical trial of the Company’s compound, Glial Growth Factor 2 (GGF2), in patients with heart failure in mid-2010, based on an IND filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 19, 2010. GGF2 has been shown to protect heart muscle and restore cardiac function in preclinical models of heart failure, myocardial infarction and cardiotoxicity. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this item.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1 Press Release dated April 20, 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.

 

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

April 20, 2010

By:

/s/ David Lawrence

 

 

 

 

 

Name: David Lawrence

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated April 20, 2010.

 

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