AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Announce Manufacturing Agreement for Ficlatuzumab

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & INGELHEIM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVEO) and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that they have entered into an agreement for large-scale process development and clinical manufacturing of ficlatuzumab, AVEO’s novel HGF inhibitory antibody that is currently in Phase 2 clinical development in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Boehringer Ingelheim will produce ficlatuzumab for clinical trials at its biopharmaceutical site in Fremont, USA. AVEO retains all rights to the development and commercialization of ficlatuzumab. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.