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):

August 5, 2010

 

IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34620

 

04-3404176

(State of incorporation

 

(Commission file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

or organization)

 

 

 

Identification Number)

 

301 Binney Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02142

(Address of principal
executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

(617) 621-7722

Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code

 

320 Bent Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02141

(Former name, former address and
former fiscal year, 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On August 5, 2010, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release containing an update on its business activities for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The press release is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and 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, nor shall such document be deemed 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 filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Press Release dated August 5, 2010

 

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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.

 

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: August 5, 2010

By:

/s/ Michael J. Higgins

 

 

Name:

Michael J. Higgins

 

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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