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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         Commission File Number 1-9601

        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 16, 2008


                          K-V PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              DELAWARE                                 43-0618919
   (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   incorporation or organization)

        2503 SOUTH HANLEY ROAD
         ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI                             63144
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


                                (314) 645-6600
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

         Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
the following provisions:

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         Exchange Act.
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         Exchange Act.

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Item  2.02        Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

                  On June 16, 2008, K-V Pharmaceutical Company issued a press
                  release announcing its preliminary financial results for the
                  fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. A copy
                  of that press release is furnished as an exhibit to this
                  report and is incorporated herein by reference.

                  The information in this report, including the exhibit, shall
                  not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the
                  liabilities of that section. K-V Pharmaceutical Company has
                  posted this Form 8-K on its internet website at
                  www.kvpharmaceutical.com.

Item  9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                  (d) The following exhibit is furnished as part of this report:

                  Exhibit Number                Description
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                       99           Press Release dated June 16, 2008, issued
                                    by K-V Pharmaceutical Company


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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.

Dated: June 16, 2008

                                       K-V PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY


                                       By: /s/ Richard H. Chibnall
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                                          Richard H. Chibnall
                                          Vice President, Finance