Avenue Therapeutics (ATXI) Form 4 Change in insider ownership

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

InvaGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

7 OSER AVENUE

(Street)

HAUPPAUGE NY 11788

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVENUE THERAPEUTICS, INC. [ ATXI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/11/2022

4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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, par value $0.0001 per share	10/11/2022		S		388,888(1)(2)	D	$7.714(3)	0	D
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share								0(4)	I	See Footnote(4)

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 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: 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

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 is being jointly filed on behalf of (i) InvaGen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a New York corporation ("InvaGen"), (ii) Cipla (EU) Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom ("Cipla EU"), and (iii) Cipla Limited, a company incorporated in India ("Cipla Limited") (each of InvaGen, Cipla EU and Cipla Limited, a "Reporting Person", and collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). InvaGen is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Cipla EU. Cipla EU is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Cipla Limited. Because of the relationship of InvaGen to Cipla EU and Cipla Limited, each such Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own the securities covered by this Form 4.

2. On September 22, 2022, the common stock of Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Issuer") reverse split 1-for-15, resulting in the 5,833,333 shares of common stock of the Issuer previously reported by the Reporting Persons becoming 388,888 shares of common stock of the Issuer.

3. On October 11, 2022, pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Stock Repurchase Agreement, dated July 25, 2022, among InvaGen, Fortress Biotech, Inc. and the Issuer, the Issuer repurchased 388,888 shares of common stock of the Issuer from InvaGen for an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,000 (the "Share Repurchase").

4. As a result of the Share Repurchase and concurrent termination of the Voting and Support Agreement dated November 12, 2018, by and among InvaGen, Madison Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the Issuer, the Reporting Persons no longer have beneficial ownership of the securities previously reported as indirectly owned in the Reporting Persons' Form 3.

	INVAGEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. /s/ Deepak Agarwal By: Deepak Agarwal Title: Director	10/13/2022
	CIPLA (EU) LIMITED /s/ Anchal Sultania By: Anchal Sultania Title: Director	10/13/2022
	CIPLA LIMITED /s/ A.S. Kumar By: A.S. Kumar Title: Global General Counsel and Executive Vice President	10/13/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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