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Download PDF Biogen Idec to Obtain Option to Commercialize ErbB3 Antibodies Outside of North America CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced a definitive agreement with Biogen Idec, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB), for the development and…

Download PDF Biogen Idec to Obtain Option to Commercialize ErbB3 Antibodies Outside of North America CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced a definitive agreement with Biogen Idec, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB), for the development and…

Download PDF Cambridge, Mass., March 23, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, will present at InsideVenture’s Debut Conference, March 25-26, 2009 in Santa Barbara, California. AVEO has been selected…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. EDT at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Mass. About AVEO…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 10, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial of AV-951 as monotherapy for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This new trial…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 6, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Elan Ezickson, chief business officer, is scheduled to present at the Barclays Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. (EDT) at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, FL. About AVEO AVEO is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company…

Download PDF 272-Patient Phase 2 Data Show 91.7 Percent Disease Control Rate and Favorable Tolerability; Interim Results Being Presented at ASCO GU Indicate Highly Differentiated VEGFR Profile CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 25, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 19, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial in breast cancer, expanding on the broad development program for its lead product candidate, the novel, oral…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 12, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that M. Isabel Chiu, Ph.D., vice president, translational research, will lead a session for the Mass Biotechnology Council’s (MBC) Drug Discovery Committee on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. EST in the MBC offices, in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Chiu’s presentation, “AVEO’s…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 11, 2009 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that interim safety and efficacy results from the Phase 2 clinical trial of its lead product AV-951 – a novel, highly potent and selective triple VEGF receptor inhibitor – will be presented during an oral abstract session at the 2009 Genitourinary (GU)…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 6, 2009– AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. PST at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Mr. Ha-Ngoc is expected to…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 12, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Lazard Capital Markets Fifth Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. (ET) at the St. Regis in New York City. About AVEO AVEO is…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA [October 20, 2008] – AVEO Pharmaceuticals today announced that Murray O. Robinson, Ph.D., senior vice president of oncology, will present at the 2008 Boston Biotech R&D Conference on Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:20 p.m. (ET) at Harvard Medical School. This conference will bring luminaries from top academic institutions that have been…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 30, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Third Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. (ET) at the Le Parker Meridien in New York City. About AVEO AVEO…

Download PDF — SCH900105 (AV-299) Marks First of Several Monoclonal Antibodies from AVEO’s Discovery Platform;  Trial Triggers Milestone Under Agreement with Schering Plough — CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 23, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability and recommended dose of SCH900105 (AV-299),…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., August 25, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that it has initiated another Phase 1b clinical study for its lead product candidate, the novel triple VEGF receptor inhibitor AV-951. This open-label, sequential dose…

Download PDF Cambridge, MA, July 22, 2008 – Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ: DYAX) and AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that Dyax has granted AVEO a non-exclusive license to Dyax’s proprietary antibody phage display libraries for the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies.  Dyax’s human antibody phage libraries combine gene fragments from human donors with strategically designed…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 29, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that they have completed enrollment in their 200-patient Phase 2 clinical trial of AV-951 in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).  “We are very…

Download PDF – Novel Technology Has Identified Multiple Targets Yielding Rich Pipeline of High-Value Oncology Antibodies – CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 22, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that on May 13, 2008, the United States Patent and…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, May 15, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the 2008 Citi Investment Research Global Health Care Conference on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. (ET) at the Hilton New York in New York City. About AVEO…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, May 2, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Leerink Swann Solid Tumors Roundtable Conference on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 10:20 a.m. (ET) at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. In addition, Murray Robinson, Ph.D.,…

Download PDF Proprietary Human Response Platform Data Reveal Distinct Biomarkers PotentiallyCritical to Determining Treatment Success    SAN DIEGO, Calif and CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 14, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that their novel oral triple VEGF receptor inhibitor…

Download PDF Six Abstracts on AVEO’s Proprietary Human Response Platform Also to be PresentedCAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 8, 2008 — AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that it will present a total of six oral and poster presentations at the…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, March 20, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Elan Ezickson, chief business officer, is scheduled to present at the Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conference on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. (ET) at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. About AVEO AVEO is a…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, March 12, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Cowen and Company 28th Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. (ET) at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. About AVEO AVEO is a…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, February 5, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the 10th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. (ET) at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. About AVEO AVEO is a…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 31, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1b clinical trial for its lead product candidate, the novel triple VEGF receptor inhibitor AV-951, in combination with the…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 30, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Merrill Lynch Nineteenth Annual Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Conference on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. (ET) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 3, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced the appointment of Kenneth M. Bate, president and chief executive officer of NitroMed, Inc., to its Board of Directors. “We are very pleased to welcome…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 2, 2008 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, President and CEO of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, is scheduled to present at the 26th   Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. PT at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. About AVEO AVEO is…

Download PDF – Agreement Highlights Growing Interest in Novel Biology Platform that Identifies Clinical Response of Cancer Drugs- CAMBRIDGE, MA, December 4, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that it has signed a collaborative agreement with Eli…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, November 20, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, President and CEO of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, is scheduled to present at the Lazard Capital Markets 4th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ET at The New York Palace Hotel in New York City. About…

Download PDF AV-412 Has Potential to Address Drug Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung and Breast Cancer CAMBRIDGE, MA, November 13, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced encouraging preclinical data that show the potential of AV-412, a novel next generation oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of drug-resistant cancers expressing…

Download PDF Company Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AV-951 in Patients with RCC Cambridge, MA, November 6, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced positive results from an expanded Phase 1 clinical trial of its lead product…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, November 1, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced the appointment of David Johnston to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer.  “As we continue to expand our pipeline of targeted cancer therapies,…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, October 30, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, President and CEO of AVEO Pharmaceuticals is scheduled to present at the Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 9:50 a.m. ET at The New York Palace Hotel in New York…

Download PDF October 2, 2007, Sydney, Australia and Cambridge, MA –   Peptech Limited (ASX: PTD) and AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced they have entered into a non-exclusive research and commercialisation agreement in which AVEO will access Peptech’s SuperhumanisationTM technology to humanise internally-derived drug candidates.  The Superhumanisation™ technology allows for modifying antibodies generated in animals so…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, August 9, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, announced it has successfully completed its multi-year collaborative agreement with Merck & Co., Inc., which utilized AVEO’s proprietary cancer models to identify and validate essential tumor maintenance…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA, June 18, 2007– AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that its president and chief executive officer, Tuan Ha-Ngoc, has been awarded the Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year® in the life sciences…

Download PDF Cambridge, MA – May 3, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel, targeted cancer medicines, today announced that it has closed a $53 million Series D financing.  Proceeds from this financing will be used to accelerate the development of AVEO’s pipeline of novel, clinical-stage cancer…

Download PDF – AVEO Pharmaceuticals Success with Breast Cancer Mouse Model Presented Today at AACR – LOS ANGELES CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–April 18, 2007–AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel, targeted cancer medicines, presented today findings from its novel human-in-mouse (HIM) tissue transgenic cancer model system, in which AVEO successfully…

Download PDF Data Presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting LOS ANGELES, CA, and CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 17, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel, targeted cancer medicines, today announced encouraging preclinical data of AV-412, a novel, next generation oral tyrosine kinase…

Download PDF – Data to be Featured in Five Oral Presentations and Seven Poster Sessions – CAMBRIDGE, MA April 12, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel, targeted cancer medicines, announced today that it will present a total of 12 oral and poster presentations at the…

Download PDF – Company to Participate in Development and Commercialization – CAMBRIDGE, MA April 4, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer medicines, today announced it has entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Schering-Plough Corporation to develop and commercialize AV-299.  AV-299, an antibody discovered…

Download PDF AVEO adds Phase II-ready VEGF receptor inhibitor to growing product portfolio CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jan. 04, 2007 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer medicines, today announced it has acquired from Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Kirin’s highly potent…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA October 23, 2006 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AVEO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer medicines, announced today that it has begun enrolling patients in a Phase I clinical study for AV-412, a next generation oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor of EGFR/HER2.  The open-label, sequential dose escalation study…

Download PDF – Contract Follows Successful Human Engineering™ of AV-299 – Berkeley, CA and Cambridge, MA — September 28th, 2006 – Xoma Ltd. (Nasdaq: XOMA) and AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AVEO) today announced a $6 million agreement for XOMA to manufacture and supply AV-299, AVEO’s novel anti-HGF antibody, in support of early clinical trials.  The companies also…

Download PDF CAMBRIDGE, MA (September 27, 2006) – The Web Marketing Association (“WMA”) today announced that it has awarded its “Pharmaceutical Industry Standard of Excellence” WebAward for 2006 to AVEO Pharmaceuticals – a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer therapeutics. The website was designed, implemented, and launched in 2006 by Embarc,…

Download PDF – Human Engineering™ Technology to Accelerate Development of Clinical Candidate – Berkeley, CA and Cambridge, MA — April 27, 2006 — XOMA Ltd. (Nasdaq: XOMA) and AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AVEO) today announced an agreement for XOMA to utilize its Human Engineering™ (HE™) technology to humanize AV-299, AVEO’s novel anti-HGF monoclonal antibody.  For work conducted and…

Download PDF – Human-in-Mouse (HIM) system represents breakthrough in modeling of human breast cancer –  – HIM system offers potential for significantly improved predictability in preclinical drug testing – CAMBRIDGE, MA April 4, 2006 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer medicines, announced today that is has…

Download PDF – AV-412, a novel EGFR/HER2 kinase inhibitor, demonstrates potent anti-tumor activity against both Tarceva® and Iressa®-sensitive and resistant tumors – – AV-412 holds promise as a broader-acting EFGR/HER2 inhibitor – CAMBRIDGE, MA April 4, 2006 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer medicines, announced today…

Download PDF Palo Alto, Calif. – March 30, 2006 – Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTGC), a leading debt and equity growth capital provider to technology and life science companies, announced on March 29, 2006 it provided $15.0 million of debt financing to AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development…

Download PDF – Dr. Ryan’s Expertise in Translational Medicine a Key Addition as AVEO Moves its Portfolio of Novel Cancer Medicines Forward into the Clinic – CAMBRIDGE, MA March 30, 2006 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer medicines, announced today that John L. Ryan, Ph.D., M.D., has…

Download PDF AVEO’s Human Response Prediction Platform to Guide Clinical Development of Multiple Kinase Inhibitor CAMBRIDGE, MA January 5, 2006 – AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer medicines, announced today that AVEO has acquired from Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Mitsubishi’s novel…