Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 2.02 | Results of Operation and Financial Condition. |
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (the “Company”) expects to report that its net product revenue received from sales of LUMRYZ in the United States equaled approximately $50 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 and approximately $169.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Although the Company has not finalized its financial results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, the Company currently anticipates that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were approximately $73 million as of December 31, 2024.
The information in this Item 2.02 is unaudited and preliminary and does not present all information necessary for an understanding of the Company’s financial condition as of December 31, 2024 and its results of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024. The audit of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, is ongoing and could result in changes to the information set forth above.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On January 8, 2025, the Company issued a press release titled, “Avadel Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2024 Results and 2025 Commercial Priorities to Expand and Accelerate LUMRYZ Reach.” A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information contained in Items 2.02 and 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is being furnished herewith and shall not be deemed “filed” for the 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 such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On January 8, 2025, the Company announced that the REVITALYZ study, a Phase 3 pivotal trial evaluating LUMRYZ as a potential treatment for idiopathic hypersomnia, is expected to be completed during the second half of 2025.
Cautionary Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements relate to our future expectations, beliefs, plans, strategies, objectives, results, conditions, financial performance, prospects or other events. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s expectations for completion of the REVITALYZ study. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “believe,” “expect,” “look forward,” “on track,” “guidance,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “next steps” and similar expressions and the negatives thereof (if applicable).
The Company’s forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions that are made within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations and that we consider reasonable. However, the Company’s business and operations are subject to significant risks, and, as a result, there can be no assurance that actual results and the results of the company’s business and operations will not differ materially from the results contemplated in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations in the Company’s forward-looking statements include the risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 29, 2024, and subsequent SEC filings. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are not guarantees of future performance. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise our forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
| Item 9.01. | Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Press release issued by Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc on January 8, 2025. |
| 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 caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Jerad G. Seurer | ||
| Date: January 8, 2025 | Name: | Jerad G. Seurer | |
| Title: | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | ||