0001144204-17-032360.txt : 20170725 0001144204-17-032360.hdr.sgml : 20170725 20170613170044 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-17-032360 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170613 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AVENUE THERAPEUTICS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001644963 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 474113275 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 GANSEVOORT STREET STREET 2: 9TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10014 BUSINESS PHONE: 781-652-4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 GANSEVOORT STREET STREET 2: 9TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10014 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

Avenue Therapeutics, Inc.

 

June 13, 2017

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

Department of Corporation Finance

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Mr. Jeffrey Gabor

 

Via:EDGAR Submission

 

Re:Avenue Therapeutics, Inc.
  Registration Statement on Form S-1
  File No. 333-217552

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date for the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 5:00 p.m. (ET) on June 15, 2017 or as soon as practicable thereafter, pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

The Company acknowledges that (i) should the Commission or the staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, such declaration does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (iii) the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

Please contact Matthew W. Mamak of Alston & Bird LLP with any questions or comments at 212-210-1256. Thank you for your assistance with this filing.

 

  AVENUE THERAPEUTICS, INC.  
       
       
  By: /s/ Lucy Lu  
    Lucy Lu  
    Chief Executive Officer  
       
cc:   Matthew W. Mamak, Esq.