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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">September&nbsp;5, 2019</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">Axsome Therapeutics,&nbsp;Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">200 Broadway, 3rd Floor<br /></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">New York, New York<br /></font><font style="display:inline;">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Registrant&#x2019;s telephone number, including area code</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;"> (212) 332-3241</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:<br /></font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;">Common Stock, Par Value $0.0001 Per Share</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;">The Nasdaq Global Market</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">&#x2610;<font style="display:inline;font-family:Wingdings;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font></font><font style="display:inline;font-size:3pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;230.425).</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act. &#x2612;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;8.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Other Events.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">On September 5, 2019, Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) issued a press release announcing topline clinical trial results from a Phase 1 pharmacokinetic study of AXS-07, a novel, oral, investigational medicine with distinct dual mechanisms of action being developed for the acute treatment of migraine.&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
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axsm_8-K_8.01
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
September 5, 2019
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-37635
45-4241907
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
200 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
10038
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(212) 332-3241
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class:
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, Par Value $0.0001 Per Share
AXSM
The Nasdaq Global Market
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Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On September 5, 2019, Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing topline clinical trial results from a Phase 1 pharmacokinetic study of AXS-07, a novel, oral, investigational medicine with distinct dual mechanisms of action being developed for the acute treatment of migraine.
The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated September 5, 2019.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
Dated: September 5, 2019
By:
/s/ Herriot Tabuteau, M.D.
Name:
Herriot Tabuteau, M.D.
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
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