mnkd-8k_20211227.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): December 27, 2021

MannKind Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	000-50865	13-3607736
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1 Casper Street, Danbury, Connecticut 06810

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(818) 661-5000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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. ☐

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

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

MNKD

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 18, 2021, United Therapeutics Corporation (“UT”) issued a press release disclosing that it had received a Complete Response from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) concerning UT’s new drug application (“NDA”) for Tyvaso DPI™. On December 27, 2021, UT disclosed that it had resubmitted the NDA to the FDA.

TYVASO DPI is a trademark of United Therapeutics Corporation.

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.

	MannKind Corporation


Date: December 27, 2021	By:	/s/ David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.
		David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.
		Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary