---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-006536"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATXI"
cik: "0001644963"
company_name: "AVENUE THERAPEUTICS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T09:32:11.575648+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avenue Therapeutics dismisses BDO, engages KPMG as new auditor

## Summary
- BDO dismissed as independent auditor effective Jan 21, 2023; prior reports had going concern explanatory paragraph.
- No disagreements or reportable events during fiscal years 2021 and 2020 and subsequent interim periods.
- KPMG engaged as new independent auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2022, effective Jan 23, 2023.
- No prior consultations with KPMG on accounting principles, disagreements, or reportable events.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-006536
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATXI
- cik: 0001644963
- company_name: AVENUE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1644963/000110465923006536/0001104659-23-006536-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1644963/000110465923006536/tm234276d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-006536
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-006536.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  AVENUE THERAPEUTICS, INC. dismissed BDO USA, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: BDO USA, LLP
  - Successor: KPMG LLP
  source text: On January 21, 2023, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1644963/000110465923006536/0001104659-23-006536-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  AVENUE THERAPEUTICS, INC. engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  source text: Effective as of January 23, 2023, the Audit Committee engaged KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1644963/000110465923006536/0001104659-23-006536-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.