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AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Healthcare Conference


Published on 2011-05-27 03:41:13 - Market Wire
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVEO) today announced that Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in New York City.

A live webcast of AVEO's presentation can be accessed by visiting the investors section of the companya™s website at investor.aveopharma.com. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the AVEO website for two weeks following the presentation.

About AVEO

AVEO Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AVEO) is a cancer therapeutics company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing targeted therapies to impact patientsa™ lives. The companya™s lead product candidate, tivozanib, is currently being investigated in a global, randomized Phase 3 clinical trial called TIVO-1 comparing tivozanib to sorafenib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, as well as additional clinical studies in other solid tumor types. AVEOa™s second most advanced product candidate, ficlatuzumab (AV-299), is a potent, functional anti-HGF/c-MET pathway antibody that is currently in Phase 2 clinical development. AVEOa™s proprietary Human Response Platforma" is designed to offer the company a unique advantage in cancer drug development and has provided a discovery engine for multiple therapeutic targets. This approach has resulted in a promising pipeline of monoclonal antibodies against novel targets including HGF, ErbB3, RON, Notch and FGFR. For more information, please visit the companya™s website at www.aveopharma.com.

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