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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Current Parent Company: LG
Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: March 29, 2016
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The SEC announced 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 approval for its flagship developmental drug to treat kidney cancer. The SEC alleged that AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc. concealed the FDA's level of concern about Tivozanib in public statements to investors by omitting the critical fact that FDA staff had recommended a second clinical trial to address their concerns about patient death rates during the first clinical trial. When the FDA made public months later that it had recommended an additional clinical trial, the company's stock price declined 31 percent. AVEO never conducted an additional trial, and the FDA later refused to approve Tivozanib.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: South Korea
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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