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    Alkermes plc filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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    8-K
    0001520262FalseAlkermes plc.00015202622025-07-212025-07-21

     

     

    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): July 21, 2025

    ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     

    Ireland

     

    001-35299

     

    98-1007018

    (State or other jurisdiction

     

    (Commission

     

    (IRS Employer

    of incorporation)

     

    File Number)

     

    Identification No.)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Connaught House, 1 Burlington Road

    Dublin 4, Ireland D04 C5Y6

    (Address of principal executive offices)

     

    Registrant's telephone number, including area code: + 353-1-772-8000

    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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

     

    ☐

     

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

     

     

     

    ☐

     

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

     

     

     

    ☐

     

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

     

     

     

    ☐

     

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

     

     

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

    Title of each class

     

    Trading Symbol(s)

     

    Name of each exchange on which registered

    Ordinary shares, $0.01 par value

     

    ALKS

     

    Nasdaq Global Select Market

     

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

     

     

     

    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 July 21, 2025, Alkermes plc (the “Company”) announced positive topline results from Vibrance-1, a phase 2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of alixorexton (formerly referred to as ALKS 2680) compared to placebo in patients with narcolepsy type 1.

    A copy of the press release containing a summary of these topline results is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Detailed safety and efficacy results from the Vibrance-1 study will be shared by the Company at the upcoming World Sleep Congress, taking place September 5-10, 2025.

    The information in this Item 7.01, and in Exhibit 99.1 furnished herewith, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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

     

    EXHIBIT INDEX

     

    Exhibit No.

     

    Description

     

     

     

    99.1

     

    Press release issued by Alkermes plc dated July 21, 2025.

    104

     

    Cover page interactive data file (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

     

     

     

    2


     

    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.

     

     

    ALKERMES PLC

     

     

    Date: July 21, 2025

    By:

     

    /s/ David J. Gaffin

     

     

     

    David J. Gaffin

     

     

     

    Secretary

     

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