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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * WITEK THEODORE L JR   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Innoviva, Inc. [INVA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Sr. VP & Chief Scientific Off. (Last) (First) (Middle) 951 GATEWAY BLVD. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/14/2016 (Street) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction 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 01/14/2016   A   92,587 (1) (2) (3) A $ 0 165,554 (4) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction 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 (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WITEK THEODORE L JR 951 GATEWAY BLVD. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080			Sr. VP & Chief Scientific Off.

Signatures

/s/ Theodore L. Witek, Jr.		01/19/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 49,293 shares of common stock underlying a time-based restricted stock unit award (RSU). Twenty-five percent of the shares subject to the RSU shall vest on February 20, 2017, and 6.25% on May 20, 2017, 6.25% on August 20, 2017, 6.25% on November 20, 2017, 6.25% on February 20, 2018, 6.25% on August 20, 2018 and the remaining 37.5% on November 20, 2018, provided that the Reporting Person has provided continuous service to the Issuer through the applicable vesting date.
(2)	Includes shares of common stock granted pursuant to a performance-based restricted stock unit award (PSU). The shares vest pursuant to the PSU over a two-year and a 32-month performance period upon, and subject to a formula related to, the Issuer's achievement of certain levels of total shareholder return (TSR). The "target" number of shares that may vest is 23,147, but the actual number of shares that may vest will range from 0 to 46,294 shares based on the Issuer's TSR over the performance periods. Subject to achievement of the performance-based vesting conditions, (i) two-thirds of the shares eligible to vest based on achievement for the two-year performance period will vest on February 20, 2018 and the remaining one-third of such shares will vest on November 20, 2018 and (ii) the shares eligible to vest based on achievement for the 32-month performance period will vest on November 20, 2018, in each case, (continued in Footnote 3)
(3)	(continued from Footnote 2) provided that the Reporting Person has provided continuous service to the Issuer through the applicable vesting date.
(4)	Includes 1,538 shares of common stock acquired under the Innoviva, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) on November 15, 2015.

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