ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNR) announced that it has been added to the broad-market Russell 3000 Index, an investment tool comprised of 3,000 of the country's largest and most liquid stocks. Russell Investments reconstituted its Russell 3000 Index on June 26, 2009 with the 3,000 largest U.S. stocks by market capitalization as of the end of May.