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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): February 18, 2011
 
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Florida   001-33357   65-0643773
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
2 Snunit Street    
Science Park, POB 455    
Carmiel, Israel   20100
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code +972-4-988-9488
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EX-99.1


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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On February 18, 2011, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that new clinical data from the Company’s switchover trial of taliglucerase alfa in Gaucher disease patients, the Company’s lead product candidate, and preclinical data on oral enzyme glucocerebrosidase (oral GCD) will be presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Lysosomal Disease Network: WORLD Symposium 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The presentations are also scheduled to take place on February 18, 2011. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this report and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), 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
99.1     Press release dated February 18, 2011

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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.
         
  PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
 
 
Date: February 18, 2011  By:   /s/ David Aviezer    
    Name:   David Aviezer, Ph.D.   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 

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