ACHN Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Truitt Joseph	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS INC [ ACHN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 1777 SENTRY PARKWAY W, BLDG 14, STE 200	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/16/2019
(Street) BLUE BELL, PA 19422 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	10/16/2019		M		100234.00	A	$3.10	103734.00	D
Common Stock	10/16/2019		M		33250.00	A	$3.28	136984.00	D
Common Stock	10/16/2019		S		100234.00	D	$6.3749	36750.00	D
Common Stock	10/16/2019		S		33250.00	D	$6.3749	3500.00	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$3.28	10/16/2019		M			33250.00	(1)	12/18/2019	Common Stock	33250.00	$0.00	0.00	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$3.10	10/16/2019		M			100234.00	(2)	12/16/2020	Common Stock	100234.00	$0.00	87766.00	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	This option was granted on December 18, 2009 and vested over a four year period with 25% of the shares vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and an additional 6.25% vesting at the end of each three-month period thereafter.
(2)	This option was granted on December 16, 2010 and vested over a four year period with 25% of the shares vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and an additional 6.25% vesting at the end of each three-month period thereafter.

Remarks: The transactions reported on this Form 4 were executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Mr. Truitt on March 8, 2018.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Truitt Joseph C/O ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1777 SENTRY PARKWAY W, BLDG 14, STE 200 BLUE BELL, PA 19422	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures
/s/ Joseph Truitt		10/18/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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