Defendant Name: AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Defendant Type: Public Company

Document Reference: 2016-59

Document Details

Legal Case Name SEC v. AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tuan Ha-Ngoc, David Johnston, and William Slichenmyer
Document Name SEC: Biotech Company Misled Investors About New Drug's Status With FDA
Document Date 29-Mar-2016
Document Format Civil Proceeding
Case Number 16-cv-10607
Federal District Court Massachusetts, District of Massachusetts
Allegation Type Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
Document Summary On March 29, 2016, the SEC announced that it brought "fraud charges against a Massachusetts-based biotech company and three former executives for misleading investors about the company's efforts to obtain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its flagship developmental drug to treat kidney cancer."

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LR-23503 29-Mar-2016 Litigation Release
Litigation Release
On March 29, 2016, the SEC announced that it brought "fraud charges against a Massachusetts-based biotech company and three former executives for misleading investors about the company's efforts to obtain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its flagship developmental drug to treat kidney cancer."
comp-pr2016-59 29-Mar-2016 Complaint
Complaint
In the Complaint, the SEC alleged that: "In 2012 and 2013, AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ('AVEO'), its chief executive officer, Tuan Ha-Ngoc ('Ha-Ngoc'), chief financial officer, David Johnston ('Johnston'), and chief medical officer, William Slichenmyer ('Slichenmyer') (collectively, 'defendants') made materially misleading statements to investors about communications with staff of the Food and Drug Administration ('FDA') about AVEO's flagship drug candidate, tivozanib ('Tivo'). In these statements, the defendants noted that FDA staff had expressed concerns about survival rates for patients receiving Tivo, and told investors that AVEO would be addressing those concerns by doing 'additional analyses.' In so doing, the defendants concealed the critical fact that FDA staff had recommended that AVEO conduct an additional clinical trial, an expensive and time-consuming proposition."
court_doc6_16-cv-10607 29-Mar-2016 Court Docket Document
Final Judgment as to Defendant AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc
On March 31, 2016, Federal District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton entered final judgment against AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. pursuant to the consent of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
LR-24442 04-Apr-2019 Litigation Release
SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Aveo Pharmaceuticals Executive
The Commission stated: "The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a final judgment against David Johnston, the former Chief Financial Officer of Massachusetts-based biotech company, AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc."

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