Form 8-K for ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS INC

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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On May 9, 2012, our wholly owned subsidiary, Arena Pharmaceuticals GmbH, or Arena GmbH, and Eisai Inc., or Eisai, entered into an Amended and Restated Marketing and Supply Agreement, or the Amended Agreement, which amends the Marketing and Supply Agreement, or Original Agreement, the parties entered into in July 2010. The Original Agreement provided Eisai exclusive rights to commercialize lorcaserin in the United States and its territories and possessions, subject to the approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, of our New Drug Application, or NDA, for lorcaserin. The Amended Agreement expands the territories such that Eisai now also has exclusive rights to commercialize lorcaserin in most of North and South America (including Canada, Mexico and Brazil), or Additional Territories, subject to applicable regulatory approval.