Avadel Pharmaceuticals to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

DUBLIN, Ireland, March 09, 2018 -- Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq AVDL), “Avadel” or “the Company,” today announced that management will present at two upcoming investor conferences:

• The 30^th Annual ROTH Conference on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time in Dana Point, California
   
• Oppenheimer 28th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 3:20 p.m. Eastern Time in New York City

A live audio webcast of both presentations can be accessed at the “News & Events” section of the Company’s Investor website, www.avadel.com/investors. A replay of each webcast will be available for 90 days following the event.

About Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc:
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ:AVDL) is a branded specialty pharmaceutical company passionately committed to providing solutions for overlooked and unmet medical needs through patient-focused, innovative products. Our current portfolio of products and product candidates focus on urology and sleep medicine (CNS), in addition to our suite of hospital products. The Company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with operations in St. Louis, Missouri, United States and Lyon, France. For more information, please visit www.avadel.com.

Safe Harbor: This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words “will,” “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project” and similar expressions, and the negatives thereof, identify forward-looking statements, each of which speaks only as of the date the statement is made. Although we believe that our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations, our business is subject to significant risks and as a result there can be no assurance that actual results of our research, development and commercialization activities and our results of operations will not differ materially from the results contemplated in such forward-looking statements. These risks include: (i) risks relating to our exchangeable senior notes including use of the net proceeds from the offering of the notes and other future events related to the notes; (ii) risks relating to the divestiture of our former pediatric business including whether such divestiture will be accretive to our operating income and cash flow; (iii) risks relating to our license agreement with Serenity Pharmaceuticals, LLC including that our internal analyses may overstate the market opportunity in the United States for the drug desmopressin acetate (the “Drug”) or we may not effectively exploit such market opportunity, that significant safety or drug interaction problems could arise with respect to the Drug, that we may not successfully increase awareness of nocturia and the potential benefits of the Drug, and that the need for management to focus attention on the development and commercialization of the Drug could cause our ongoing business operations to suffer; and (iv) the other risks, uncertainties and contingencies described in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, and our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 14, 2018, in particular disclosures that may be set forth in particular under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors,” including without limitation: our dependence on a small number of products and customers for the majority of our revenues; the possibility that our Bloxiverz®,Vazculep® and Akovaz® products, which are not patent protected, could face substantial competition resulting in a loss of market share or forcing us to reduce the prices we charge for those products; the possibility that we could fail to successfully complete the research and development for pipeline products we are evaluating for potential application to the FDA pursuant to our "unapproved-to-approved" strategy, or that competitors could complete the development of such products and apply for FDA approval of such products before us; the possibility that our products may not reach the commercial market or gain market acceptance; our need to invest substantial sums in research and development in order to remain competitive; our dependence on certain single providers for development of several of our drug delivery platforms and products; our dependence on a limited number of suppliers to manufacture our products and to deliver certain raw materials used in our products; the possibility that our competitors may develop and market technologies or products that are more effective or safer than ours, or obtain regulatory approval and market such technologies or products before we do; the challenges in protecting the intellectual property underlying our drug delivery platforms and other products; and our dependence on key personnel to execute our business plan.

Contacts:       
Michael F. Kanan
Chief Financial Officer
Phone:  (636) 449-1844
E-mail: [email protected]  

Lauren Stival
Sr. Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Phone:  (636) 449-5866
Email: [email protected]