8-K

 

 

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): January 7, 2019

 

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-26727   68-0397820

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

770 Lindaro Street, San Rafael,

California

  94901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (415) 506-6700

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 7, 2019, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the “Company”) provided a business update, including updated financial guidance for 2018, at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, which presentation was previously announced by press release and was available via simultaneous webcast. A copy of the relevant slides relating to the aforementioned financial update is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this Form 8-K, including the attached exhibit, 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 under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description.

99.1    Slides from BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. J.P. Morgan 2019 Presentation, dated January 7, 2019.

Forward Looking Statements

This current report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements about the business prospects of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., including financial guidance for 2018. These forward-looking statements are predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results may differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: results and timing of current and planned preclinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates, the continued clinical experiences of the patients in the current clinical studies; the content and timing of decisions by the FDA, the European Commission and other regulatory authorities; and those factors detailed in BioMarin’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the factors contained under the caption “Risk Factors” in BioMarin’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 as such factors may be updated by any subsequent reports. Stockholders are urged not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. BioMarin is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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.

 

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.,

a Delaware corporation

Date: January 8, 2019     By:  

/s/ G. Eric Davis

     

G. Eric Davis

Executive Vice President, General Counsel