SCHEDULE 13G

An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);




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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS. I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). Millennium Partners, L.P. 13-3521699
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) o (b) þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands



NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER 600,000
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 600,000



9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,244,232
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.97%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN




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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS. I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). Millenco, L.L.C. 13-3532932
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) o (b) þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware



NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER 644,232
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 644,232



9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,244,232
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.97%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO, BD




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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS. I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). Millennium Management, L.L.C. 13-3804139
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) o (b) þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware



NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER 1,244,232
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,244,232



9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,244,232
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.97%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO




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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS. I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). Israel A. Englander
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) o (b) þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States



NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER 1,244,232
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,244,232



9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,244,232
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.97%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN




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Item 1
	(a)	Name of Issuer:

		Avigen, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the "Company").

	(b)	Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

		1301 Harbor Bay Parkway
		Alameda, California 94502

Item 2	(a)	Name of Person Filing:
Item 2	(b)	Address of Principal Business Office:
Item 2	(c)	Citizenship:

		Millennium Partners, L.P. c/o Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: Cayman Islands

		Millenco, L.L.C. c/o Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: Delaware

		Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: Delaware

		Israel A. Englander c/o Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: United States

	(d)	Title of Class of Securities:

		Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock")

	(e)	CUSIP Number:

		053690103

Item 3		If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:




(a)	o	Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);

(b)	o	Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);

(c)	o	Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);

(d)	o	Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);

(e)	o	An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);




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Item 4. Ownership.

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

(a) Amount Beneficially Owned

As of the date of this filing, 600,000 shares of Common Stock were owned by Millennium Partners, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Millennium Partners") and 644,232 shares of Common Stock were owned by Millenco, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Millenco"), formerly known as Millenco, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. Millenco is a broker-dealer and a member of the American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ.

Millennium Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Millennium Management"), is the managing partner of Millennium Partners and the manager of Millenco, and consequently may be deemed to have voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Millennium Partners and by Millenco. Israel A. Englander ("Mr. Englander") is the managing member of Millennium Management. As a result, Mr. Englander may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any shares deemed to be beneficially owned by Millennium Management. The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by Millennium Management or Mr. Englander as to beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Millennium Partners or by Millenco.

Note: Integrated Holding Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Integrated Holding Group"), is a non-managing member of Millenco. As a non-managing member, Integrated Holding Group has no investment or voting control over Millenco or its securities positions.

(b) Percent of Class

4.97% of the Company’s Common Stock (see Item 4(a) above), which percentage was calculated based on 25,055,474 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2006, as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated as of November 1, 2006.




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(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
    -0-

(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

   1,244,232

(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

   -0-

(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

    1,244,232

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following þ .

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not applicable.

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

See Exhibit I.

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group

Not applicable.

Item 10. Certification

By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.




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Exhibits:

Exhibit I: Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2007, by and among Millennium Partners, L.P., Millenco, L.L.C., Millennium Management, L.L.C. and Israel A. Englander.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

Dated: January 10, 2007

MILLENNIUM PARTNERS, L.P.

By: Millennium Management, L.L.C.
      its managing partner

By: /s/ Terry Feeney
       Name: Terry Feeney
       Title:   Chief Operating Officer

MILLENCO, L.L.C.

By: Millennium Management, L.L.C.
      as manager

By: /s/ Terry Feeney
       Name: Terry Feeney
       Title:   Chief Operating Officer

MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

By: /s/ Terry Feeney
        Name: Terry Feeney
        Title:   Chief Operating Officer

/s/ Israel A. Englander by David Nolan
pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with
the SEC on June 6, 2005
Israel A. Englander




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		EXHIBIT I

		JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

This will confirm the agreement by and among the undersigned that the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof with respect to the beneficial ownership by the undersigned of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Avigen, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, is being filed, and all amendments thereto will be filed, on behalf of each of the persons and entities named below in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Dated: January 10, 2007

MILLENNIUM PARTNERS, L.P.

By: Millennium Management, L.L.C.
      its managing partner

By: /s/ Terry Feeney
       Name: Terry Feeney
       Title:  Chief Operating Officer

MILLENCO, L.L.C.

By: Millennium Management, L.L.C.
       as manager

By: /s/ Terry Feeney
       Name: Terry Feeney
       Title:   Chief Operating Officer

MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

By: /s/ Terry Feeney
        Name: Terry Feeney
        Title:   Chief Operating Officer

/s/ Israel A. Englander by David Nolan
pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with
the SEC on June 6, 2005
Israel A. Englander

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