Item  8.01. Other Events.

On August 28, 2008, Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. issued a press release announcing that the company will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008 in Boston, MA on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. ET. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1   Press release dated August 28, 2008.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD.
Date: August 28, 2008  
 

/s/ Adam C. Derbyshire

  Adam C. Derbyshire
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer