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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On March 11, 2022, Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc issued a press release announcing its upcoming World Sleep 2022 poster presentations of new post-hoc data from the completed pivotal Phase 3 REST-ON clinical trial of FT218, interim data from the ongoing open-label RESTORE study of FT218 and results from a discrete choice experiment designed to characterize and quantify drivers of preferences for attributes associated with oxybate treatments for narcolepsy. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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| 99.1 | Press release issued by the Company on March 11, 2022, furnished herewith. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
| AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | ||
| Date: March 11, 2022 | By: | /s/ Jerad G. Seurer |
| Name: | Jerad G. Seurer | |
| Title: | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | |