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2 Dec 2011

AVEO & Boehringer Ink Manufacturing Pact for Ficlatuzumab

Boehringer will produce ficlatuzumab for clinical trials and AVEO retains all rights to develop and commercialize ficlatuzumab.

AVEO Pharmaceuticals and Boehringer Ingelheim have signed an agreement for large-scale process development and clinical manufacturing of ficlatuzumab, AVEO’s HGF inhibitory antibody currently in Phase II development in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

 

According to the agreement, Boehringer will produce ficlatuzumab for clinical trials at its biopharmaceutical site in Fremont, CA. AVEO retains all rights to develop and commercialize ficlatuzumab.

 

Elan Ezickson, executive vice president and chief business officer at AVEO, said, “This agreement is further evidence of the progress we are making in the clinical development of ficlatuzumab, and we look forward to working with Boehringer Ingelheim to prepare for the manufacturing activities for ficlatuzumab t

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