0001193125-17-003052.txt : 20170105 0001193125-17-003052.hdr.sgml : 20170105 20170105165102 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-003052 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170104 ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20170105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001325879 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34655 FILM NUMBER: 17511467 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE BROADWAY STREET 2: 14TH FLOOR CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02142 BUSINESS PHONE: 617- 531-2130 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE BROADWAY STREET 2: 14TH FLOOR CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02142 8-K 1 d328484d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 4, 2017

 

 

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34655   04-3581650

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Broadway, 14th Floor

Cambridge, Massachusetts

   02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 588-1960

 

 

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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 4, 2017 (the “Prior 8-K”), AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“we” or “us”) entered into a research and exclusive option agreement with Ophthotech Corporation (“Ophthotech”) in November 2014 pursuant to which we provided Ophthotech an exclusive option to enter into a definitive license agreement whereby we would grant Ophthotech the right to develop and commercialize tivozanib outside of Asia and the Middle East for the potential diagnosis, prevention and treatment of non-oncologic diseases or conditions of the eye in humans. Pursuant to this option agreement, we granted to Ophthotech an exclusive, royalty-free license or sublicense, as applicable, under intellectual property rights controlled by us solely to perform the research and development activities related to the use of tivozanib for the specific purposes outlined in the agreement during the option period. These activities include formulation work for ocular administration, preclinical research and the conduct of a phase 1/2a proof-of-concept clinical trial of a product containing tivozanib in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration. Under the option agreement, we were entitled to receive, among other potential payments, a one-time milestone payment of $6.0 million on December 31, 2016; provided, however, that the milestone payment would not be payable if Ophthotech gives us a notice of termination of the option agreement within thirty (30) days after December 31, 2016.

As disclosed in the Prior 8-K, Ophthotech has informed us verbally that it will not be able to move forward with the development of tivozanib. On January 4, 2017, Ophthotech also provided us with a formal written notice that it was terminating the option agreement under the agreement’s elective termination provision, effective April 3, 2017. Such termination confirms that we will not receive the milestone payment described above. Upon the effectiveness of the termination, all rights in tivozanib for ocular indications that were subject to the option agreement will revert to us.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Date: January 5, 2017

/s/ Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey

President and Chief Executive Officer