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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
As previously disclosed, on June 23, 2022, Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC (“Avadel CNS”), a subsidiary of Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (the “Company”), filed a Renewed Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, with respect to its counterclaim against Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Jazz”), seeking to have U.S. Patent No. 8731963 (the “REMS Patent”) de-listed from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Orange Book and seeking to have the motion resolved concurrent with the parties’ Markman hearing scheduled for August 31, 2022, as described in the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2022.
On August 23, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) issued an order postponing to a date to be determined the Markman hearing that had been scheduled for August 31, 2022. On August 24, 2022, the Court ordered that, by August 26, 2022, Jazz shall file a response on the merits to the Renewed Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.
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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.
| Date: August 25, 2022 | AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Jerad G. Seurer | ||
| Name: | Jerad G. Seurer | ||
| Title: | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | ||