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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2021

Registration No. 333-239612

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-239612

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

PREVAIL THERAPEUTICS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

82-2129632

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

430 East 29th Street, Suite 1520

New York, NY 10016

(917) 336-9310

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Kenneth L. Custer

President

Prevail Therapeutics Inc.

430 East 29th Street, Suite 1520

New York, NY 10016

(917) 336-9310

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Raymond O. Gietz, Esq.

Matthew J. Gilroy, Esq.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

(212) 310-8000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the above referenced registration statement.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-239612) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed to withdraw and remove from registration the unissued and unsold securities issuable by Prevail Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Prevail”), pursuant to the Registration Statement.

On December 14, 2020, Prevail entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation (“Lilly”), and Tyto Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lilly (“Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on January 22, 2021, Purchaser merged with and into Prevail with Prevail surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lilly.

As a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Prevail has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with the undertakings made by Prevail in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Prevail hereby removes and withdraws from registration any and all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities and Prevail hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Indianapolis, State of Indiana, on this January 22, 2021. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


PREVAIL THERAPEUTICS INC.

By:		/s/ Erin Conway
Name:		Erin Conway
Title:		Secretary

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