8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2014

AVALANCHE BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-36579	20-5258327
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

1035 O’Brien Drive, Suite A

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(650) 272-6269

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 272-6269

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 19, 2014, Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Thomas W. Chalberg, Jr., Ph.D., its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 21^st Annual NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry conference on Friday, September 26, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time in New York, New York. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 of this Current Report, 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, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing, unless the Company expressly sets forth in such filing that such information is to be considered “filed” or incorporated by reference therein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated September 19, 2014

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 22, 2014	AVALANCHE BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	By:	/s/ Linda C. Bain
		Linda C. Bain
		Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated September 19, 2014

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Avalanche Biotechnologies to Present at the NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference

MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAVL), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel gene therapies to transform the lives of patients with sight-threatening ophthalmic diseases, today announced that Thomas W. Chalberg, Jr., Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 21st Annual NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry conference on Friday, September 26, 2014 at 10:30 AM (EDT) in New York, NY.

A live webcast of the presentation will be accessible under “Events & Presentations” in the Investors section of Avalanche’s website. Avalanche will maintain an archived replay of the webcast on its website for two weeks after the conference.

About Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc.

Avalanche is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel gene therapies to transform the lives of patients with sight-threatening ophthalmic diseases. Avalanche’s lead product, AVA-101, is currently under development in a Phase 2a trial for wet AMD. Avalanche’s Ocular BioFactory™ platform technology is a proprietary adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy discovery and development technology optimized for ophthalmology that utilizes a directed evolution approach to generate novel drug candidates. For more information please visit www.avalanchebiotech.com.

Investor Contact:

Chris Erdman

MacDougall Biomedical Communications

(781) 235-3060

Media Contact:

Kathy Vincent

(310) 403-8951