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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* EVNIN LUKE (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT 200 CLARENDON ST., 54TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ SOMX ]	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) 05/08/2007
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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	05/08/2007		S		72,900(1)	D	$18.2348	3,355,969	I	See Footnote(2)

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* EVNIN LUKE (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT 200 CLARENDON ST., 54TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GALAKATOS NICHOLAS (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT 200 CLARENDON ST., 54TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HENNER DENNIS (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT 200 CLARENDON ST., 54TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* STEINMETZ MICHAEL (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT 200 CLARENDON ST., 54TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GADICKE ANSBERT (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT 200 CLARENDON ST., 54TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SIMON NICHOLAS J III (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT 200 CLARENDON ST., 54TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares were sold, pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan, as follows: 60,767 by MPM BioVentures III-QP, L.P. ("BV III QP"), 4,086 by MPM BioVentures III, L.P. ("BV III"), 1,076 by MPM Asset Management Investors 2005 BVIII LLC ("AM 2005"), 1,836 by MPM BioVentures III Parallel Fund, L.P. ("BV Parallel") and 5,135 by MPM BioVentures III GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG ("BV KG"). MPM BioVentures III GP, L.P. ("MPM III GP") and MPM BioVentures III LLC ("MPM III LLC") are the direct and indirect general partners of BV III QP, BV III, BV Parallel and BV KG. Luke Evnin, Ansbert Gadicke, Nicholas Galakatos, Dennis Henner, Nicholas Simon III, Michael Steinmetz and Kurt Wheeler are the members of MPM III LLC and AM 2005.

2. The shares are held as follows: 2,797,421 by BV III QP, 188,101 by BV III, 49,551 by AM 2005, 84,502 by BV Parallel and 236,394 by BV KG. Each member of the group disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

See Form 4 for MPM BioVentures III-QP, L.P. for additional members of this joint filing.

	/s/ Luke Evnin	05/10/2007
	/s/ Nicholas Galakatos	05/10/2007
	/s/ Dennis Henner	05/10/2007
	/s/ Michael Steinmetz	05/10/2007
	/s/ Ansbert Gadicke	05/10/2007
	/s/ Nicholas Simon III	05/10/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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