0001171843-18-006929.txt : 20181010 0001171843-18-006929.hdr.sgml : 20181010 20181010071018 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-18-006929 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181010 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20181010 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181010 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AKORN INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000003116 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 720717400 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32360 FILM NUMBER: 181114879 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1925 W. FIELD COURT, SUITE 300 CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-279-6100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1925 W. FIELD COURT, SUITE 300 CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 8-K 1 f8k_101018.htm FORM 8-K
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________

Form 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): October 10, 2018  

Akorn, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Louisiana001-3236072-0717400
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

1925 W. Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(847) 279-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


(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:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company [   ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [   ]

 
 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 10, 2018, Akorn, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRX), a leading specialty generic pharmaceutical company, announced that it has received a new Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Bimatoprost Ophthalmic Solution, 0.03%.  The product is manufactured at Akorn’s Amityville, New York manufacturing facility.

According to IQVIA, sales of bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, 0.03% were approximately $63.5 million for the twelve months ended August 2018.

Bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, 0.03% is indicated to treat hypotrichosis of the eyelashes by increasing their growth including length, thickness and darkness.

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information in this Item 7.01, including exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. See attached exhibit index.

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.

 Akorn, Inc.
   
  
Date: October 10, 2018By: /s/ Duane A. Portwood        
  Duane A. Portwood
  Chief Financial Officer
  

EXHIBIT INDEX 

Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
   
99.1 Press release dated October 10, 2018, issued by Akorn, Inc. entitled “Akorn Receives Product Approval.”


 EX-99.1 2 exh_991.htm PRESS RELEASE EdgarFiling

EXHIBIT 99.1

Akorn Receives Product Approval

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Oct. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akorn, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRX), a leading specialty generic pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has received a new Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Bimatoprost Ophthalmic Solution, 0.03%.  The product is manufactured at Akorn’s Amityville, New York manufacturing facility.

According to IQVIA, sales of bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, 0.03% were approximately $63.5 million for the twelve months ended August 2018.

Bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, 0.03% is indicated to treat hypotrichosis of the eyelashes by increasing their growth including length, thickness and darkness.

About Akorn
Akorn, Inc. is a specialty generic pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of multisource and branded pharmaceuticals. Akorn has manufacturing facilities located in Decatur, Illinois; Somerset, New Jersey; Amityville, New York; Hettlingen, Switzerland and Paonta Sahib, India that manufacture ophthalmic, injectable and specialty sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals. Additional information is available on Akorn’s website at www.akorn.com.

Investors/Media:
(847) 279-6162
Investor.relations@akorn.com