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): August 10, 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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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto contain forward-looking statements of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“AVEO”, the “Company”, or “we”) that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the attached exhibit are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” “contemplate,” “strategy,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements about: AVEO’s plans to leverage biomarkers and pursue strategic partnerships for certain of its assets; AVEO’s goals, business strategy and potential achievement of milestones; the timing, design and results of preclinical and clinical trials; the timing and outcome of meetings with and applications to regulatory authorities by AVEO and its partners; the competitive landscape and potential markets for AVEO’s therapeutic candidates; and AVEO’s estimates for its cash runway.

Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements AVEO makes due to a number of important factors, including substantial risks and uncertainties relating to: AVEO’s ability to successfully implement its strategic plans; AVEO’s ability to successfully develop, test and gain regulatory approval of its product candidates, including its companion diagnostics; the potential safety, efficacy, tolerability and other benefits of tivozanib as a single agent or in combination with other therapies; developments, expenses and outcomes related to AVEO’s ongoing shareholder litigation; AVEO’s ability to obtain necessary financing required to perform its clinical trials and achieve its other goals; AVEO’s ability to establish and maintain strategic partnerships; AVEO’s ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property rights; competition; AVEO’s dependence on its strategic partners and other third parties; adverse general economic and industry conditions; and those risk factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in AVEO’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and other periodic filings AVEO makes with the SEC. All forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the attached exhibit speak only as of the date of this Current Report, and AVEO undertakes no obligation to update any of these statements, except as required by law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Current Report.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD.

From time to time, we conduct meetings with third parties in which we utilize a corporate slide presentation. A copy of our current corporate slide presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The presentation includes clinical, development, collaboration and financial updates. We may amend or update this information at any time and from time to time through another Current Report on Form 8-K, a later company filing, or other means.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K is listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

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: August 10, 2017
	By:	/s/ Michael Bailey
		Michael Bailey
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Corporate Presentation Slide Deck dated August 2017