UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 10, 2007

The Medicines Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

 

000-31191

 

04-3324394

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

8 Campus Drive

 

 

Parsippany, New Jersey

 

07054

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 656-1616

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

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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Medicines Company (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on September 10, 2007 (the “September 10th Form 8-K”) in which the Company furnished slides to be presented at the Bear Stearns 20th Annual Healthcare Conference on September 10, 2007.  The Company is filing this amendment to the September 10th Form 8-K to revise two slides furnished in the September 10th Form 8-K.  The two revised slides are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this amendment to the September 10th Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                                 Exhibits

99.1                           Revised Presentation Slides for the Bear Stearns 20th Annual Healthcare Conference on September 10, 2007.

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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.

THE MEDICINES COMPANY

 

 

 

 

Date:  September 11, 2007

By:

/s/ Paul M. Antinori

 

 

 

Paul M. Antinori

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Revised Presentation Slides for the Bear Stearns 20th Annual Healthcare Conference on September 10, 2007

 

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