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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-053080
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120927
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120927
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120927

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001006281
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				650643773
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33357
		FILM NUMBER:		121111866

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 SNUNIT ST
		STREET 2:		SCIENCE PARK, POB 455
		CITY:			CARMIEL
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			20100
		BUSINESS PHONE:		972-4-988-9488

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 SNUNIT ST
		STREET 2:		SCIENCE PARK, POB 455
		CITY:			CARMIEL
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			20100

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ORTHODONTIX INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980422

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EMBASSY ACQUISITION CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960124
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 27, 2012, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
issued a press release announcing that it has received marketing authorization from the Israeli Ministry of Health for Elelyso<SUP>TM</SUP>
(taliglucerase alfa) for injection, an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for the long-term treatment of adults with Type 1 Gaucher
disease. Elelyso will be marketed in Israel by Protalix Ltd., the holder of all marketing rights to Elelyso in the Israeli market.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD>Date: September 27, 2012</TD>
    <TD>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ David Aviezer, Ph.D.&#9;&nbsp; </U></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Exhibit 99.1</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Protalix BioTherapeutics Receives Marketing
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</SUP>for the Treatment of Gaucher Disease from the Israeli Ministry of Health</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CARMIEL, Israel, September 27, 2012 /GlobeNewswire /Protalix
BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-MKT:PLX, TASE:PLX), announced today that is has received marketing authorization from the Israeli Ministry
of Health for Elelyso<SUP>TM</SUP> (taliglucerase alfa) for injection, an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for the long-term treatment
of adults with Type 1 Gaucher disease. Elelyso will be marketed in Israel by Protalix Ltd., the holder of all marketing rights
to Elelyso in the Israeli market.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">This is the second marketing approval
of Elelyso, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 1, 2012. </FONT>Marketing applications have
been filed in additional territories<FONT STYLE="color: black">. Elelyso is marketed in the United States by the Company's commercialization
partner, Pfizer Inc. (&quot;Pfizer&quot;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Under its development and commercialization arrangement with
Pfizer, the Company maintained the commercialization rights to <FONT STYLE="color: black">Elelyso</FONT> in Israel. Accordingly,
the Company has built an internal marketing team designed to serve the Israeli market. The Company intends to sell Elelyso in Israel
at a competitive price compared to other products already available to Gaucher patients. Over the past five years, the Company
has treated over 60 Gaucher patients in Israel with Elelyso through clinical trials and compassionate use programs and expects
that a substantial proportion of these patients will soon be treated through commercial programs.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Elelyso is the first plant cell-based biopharmaceutical approved
for marketing by the Israeli Ministry of Health. It is also the first plant cell-expressed drug derived from ProCellEx<FONT STYLE="color: #222222"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>
to achieve regulatory approval for marketing. ProCellEx is the Company's proprietary plant cell-based protein expression system.
Elelyso is a form of the human lysosomal enzyme, glucocerebrosidase, used to treat Gaucher disease.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&quot;We are very excited to have our first drug product approved
in our home country,&rdquo; said Dr. David Aviezer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Protalix BioTherapeutics. &ldquo;In
our development efforts, we enjoyed the cooperation of the leading Israeli medical and academic institutions, and we rely in part
on support from research grants from the Israeli government. We are proud that our Gaucher disease treatment will be available
for commercial sale in Israel.&quot;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Israeli Ministry of Health's marketing authorization of
Elelyso was based on its review of data compiled by the Company from its pivotal phase III clinical trial, as well as data from
its extension trial in which treatment-na&iuml;ve patients that were treated with taliglucerase alfa for a 24-month period, and
from the Company&rsquo;s switchover trial which collected data from Gaucher patients that had previously been treated with imiglucerase
(Cerezyme<SUP>&reg;</SUP>) and were switched to treatment with taliglucerase alfa (Elelyso).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&quot;The Israeli approval of Elelyso is important for local
Gaucher patients,&rdquo; said Mr. Yossi Cohen, Chairman of the Israeli Association for Gaucher. &quot;Given the inconsistent supply
of ERT for the treatment of Gaucher disease worldwide in recent years, we believe the addition of a new treatment for Gaucher patients
will provide them with greater confidence regarding treatment. The fact that the product is manufactured locally by an Israeli
company increases our excitement about this approval.&quot;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&quot;The clinical studies of Elelyso to date, both the pivotal
and the extension studies, demonstrate that Elelyso is an effective treatment for Gaucher disease,&quot; said Professor Ari Zimran,
M.D., Director of the Gaucher Clinic, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. &quot;The results of the Company's 24-month
naive extension trial and switch over study support Elelyso as an important treatment alternative for Gaucher patients in Israel.&quot;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About Gaucher Disease</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Gaucher disease is an inherited lysosomal storage disorder in
humans that affects an estimated 10,000 people worldwide and can cause severe and debilitating symptoms, including: enlargement
of the liver and spleen, various forms of bone disease, easy bruising, and anemia (a low number of red blood cells). Gaucher disease
consists of varying degrees of severity; it has been sub-divided into three subtypes - Types 1, 2, and 3 - according to the presence
or absence of neurological involvement. Type 1, the most common, is found at a higher frequency among individuals who are of Ashkenazi
Jewish ancestry.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About Elylyso (taliglucerase alfa)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Elylyso (taliglucerase alfa) for injection is a hydrolytic lysosomal
glucocerebroside-specific enzyme indicated for long-term enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for adults with a confirmed diagnosis
of Type 1 Gaucher disease.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Protalix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development
and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell based expression system,
ProCellEx<SUP>&reg;</SUP>. Protalix's unique expression system presents a proprietary method for developing recombinant proteins
in a cost-effective, industrial-scale manner. Protalix's first product manufactured by ProCellEx, ELELYSO&trade; (taliglucerase
alfa), was approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on May 1, 2012. Protalix is partnered with Pfizer Inc.
for worldwide development and commercialization, excluding Israel, where Protalix retains full rights. Marketing applications for
taliglucerase alfa have been filed in additional territories as well. Protalix's development pipeline also includes the following
product candidates: PRX-102, a modified version of the recombinant human alpha-GAL-A protein for the treatment of Fabry disease;
PRX-105, a pegylated recombinant human acetylcholinesterase in development for several therapeutic and prophylactic indications,
a biodefense program and an organophosphate-based pesticide treatment program; an orally-delivered glucocerebrosidase enzyme that
is naturally encased in carrot cells, also for the treatment of Gaucher disease; pr-antiTNF, a similar plant cell version of etanercept
(Enbrel<SUP>&reg;</SUP>) for the treatment of certain immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis,
ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and plaque psoriasis; and others.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Forward Looking Statements</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">To the extent that statements in this press release are not
strictly historical, all such statements are forward-looking, and are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The terms &quot;anticipate,&quot; &quot;believe,&quot; &quot;estimate,&quot; &quot;expect,&quot;
&quot;plan&quot; and &quot;intend&quot; and other words or phrases of similar import are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future experience
and results to differ materially from the statements made. These statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations as
to such future outcomes. Drug discovery and development involve a high degree of risk. Factors that might cause material differences
include, among others: risks and uncertainties related to the timing of a commercial launch and market acceptance of taliglucerase
alfa in Israel; risks relating to the review process of other foreign regulatory and other governmental bodies; risks relating
to delays in other foreign regulatory authorities' approval of any applications filed for taliglucerase alfa or refusals to approve
such filings; the risk that applicable regulatory authorities may refuse to approve the marketing and sale of a drug product even
after acceptance of an application filed for the drug product; our dependence on performance by third party providers of services
and supplies relating to the commercialization of taliglucerase alfa in Israel; the inherent risks and uncertainties in developing
drug platforms and products of the type we are developing; the impact of development of competing therapies and/or technologies
by other companies and institutions; potential product liability risks, and risks of securing adequate levels of product liability
and other necessary insurance coverage; and other factors described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The statements in this release are valid only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update this information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investor Contact</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Tricia Swanson<BR>
The Trout Group, LLC<BR>
646-378-2953<BR>
tswanson@troutgroup.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Media Contact</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Jennifer Conrad or Kari Watson<BR>
MacDougall Biomedical Communications<BR>
781-235-3060<BR>
jconrad@macbiocom.com<BR>
kwatson@macbiocom.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Source: Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.</P>

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