Item  8.01. Other Events.

On September 3, 2008, ViroPharma Incorporated issued a press release relating to the expiration of the statutory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is attached to this Form 8-K:

 

(d)   Exhibit No.   

Description

  99.1   

Press release dated September 3, 2008.

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.

 

  VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED
Date: September 3, 2008   By:  

/s/ J. Peter Wolf

    J. Peter Wolf
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Index of Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99.1   Press release dated September 3, 2008.