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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): June 10, 2021
 
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-3551820-2590184
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9715 Key West Ave
Rockville
MD
20850
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 838-2500
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

  Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per shareSUPNThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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Item 8.01. Other Item.

On June 10, 2021, Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. (“Newron”), Zambon S.p.A. (“Zambon”) and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), through its subsidiary MDD US Operations, LLC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), initiated litigation against generic drug makers Aurobindo Pharma Limited, Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc., MSN Laboratories Private Limited (“MSN”), Optimus Pharma Pvt Ltd, Prinston Pharmaceutical, Inc., RK Pharma, Inc. and Zenara Pharma Private Limited (collectively, “Defendants”) for infringement of three patents covering XADAGO®, the Company’s once-daily product indicated as adjunctive treatment to levodopa/carbidopa in patients with Parkinson’s Disease experiencing “off” episodes. United States Patent Nos. 8,076,515, 8,278,485 and 8,283,380 (collectively, the “XADAGO Patents”) cover the pharmaceutical formulation of and methods of treatment with safinamide. The XADAGO Patents expire between June 2027 and March 2031. The Company has a license agreement with Zambon, Newron’s partner, related to the XADAGO Patents, and as a new chemical entity, XADAGO is under the 5 year FDA exclusivity period that expires on March 21, 2022.

The Complaint – filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware – alleges that the Defendants infringed the XADAGO Patents by submitting to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) seeking to market a generic version of XADAGO prior to the expiration of the patents. Filing the Complaint within 45 days of receiving each of the Defendants’ Paragraph IV notice letters triggers a stay of FDA approval of Defendants’ ANDAs.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit 104 – The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.



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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. 

 SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
  
DATED: June 25, 2021By:/s/ James P. Kelly
  James P. Kelly
Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

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