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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): May 24, 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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 24, 2021, Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. (“Newron”) received a Paragraph IV Notice Letter (“Notice Letter”) from RK Pharma, Inc. (“RKP”), advising the Company and Newron of the filing by RKP of an Abbreviated New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) seeking approval for safinamide mesylate tablets. The Notice Letter is directed to the three XADAGO patents with U.S. patent numbers 8,076,515, 8,278,485 and 8,283,380, that expire between June 2027 and December 2028 and are listed in the FDA’s publication, Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly referred to as the Orange Book. The Company has a license agreement with Zambon S.p.A., 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 Company is currently reviewing the details of the Notice Letter with its partners to respond as appropriate to protect the intellectual property rights relating to XADAGO.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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: May 25, 2021By:/s/ James P. Kelly
  James P. Kelly
Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

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