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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission file number 001-34655

AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware			04-3581650
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

30 Winter Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(857) 400-0101

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value	AVEO	Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐

Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒

		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding on August 1, 2022: 34,614,284

AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page No.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021	5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021	6

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021	7

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021	8

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021	10

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	11

Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	34

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	46

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	46

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	46

Item 6.	Exhibits	89

	Signatures	90

References to AVEO

Throughout this Form 10-Q, the words “we,” “us,” “our” and “AVEO”, except where the context requires otherwise, refer to AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and “our board of directors” refers to the board of directors of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Industry Data

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this report are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements with respect to the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; statements concerning product research, development and commercialization plans, timelines and anticipated results; statements of expectation or belief; statements with respect to clinical trials and studies; statements with respect to the therapeutic potential of product candidates; any expectations of revenue, expenses, earnings or losses from operations, or other financial results; and statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “anticipates”, “believes”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”, “intends”, “may”, “plans”, “seeks”, “will”, “strategy”, “potential”, “should”, “would” and other similar language, whether in the negative or affirmative, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about:

•our plans to commercialize FOTIVDA;

•our manufacturing, marketing and sales capabilities and strategy;

•the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of our products;

•our plans to expand the commercial opportunity of tivozanib for the treatment of RCC;

•our plans to develop our clinical stage assets and commercialize our product candidates;

•our plans to position our clinical stage assets for further development by partners and to retain the North American oncology commercial rights;

•our plans to potentially acquire or in-license additional commercial stage assets;

•the initiation, timing, progress and results of future clinical trials, and our development programs;

•our ability to secure new collaborations, maintain existing collaborations or obtain additional funding;

•the potential of ficlatuzumab, AV-380 or other product candidates that we in-license, or may elect to in-license, or may acquire in the future;

•impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and responsive actions relating thereto;

•the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals;

•the implementation of our business model, strategic plans for our business, product candidates and technology;

•our competitive position;

•developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry;

•our intellectual property position;

•our estimates of the period in which we anticipate that existing cash, cash equivalents and investments will enable us to fund our current and planned operations; and

•our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing.

Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. We therefore caution you against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in these forward-looking statements include the factors discussed below under the heading “Risk Factor Summary,” and the risk factors detailed further in Item 1A., “Risk Factors” of Part II of this report and in our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports filed after this report.

This report also includes statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties as well as our own estimates. All the market data used in this report involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such data. Industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. Our estimates of the potential market opportunities for our product candidates include several key assumptions based on our industry knowledge, industry publications, third-party research and other surveys, which may be based on a small sample size and may fail to accurately reflect market opportunities. While we believe that our internal assumptions are reasonable, no independent source has verified such assumptions.

The forward-looking statements included in this quarterly report represent our estimates as of the filing date of this quarterly report. We specifically disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our estimates or views as of any date subsequent to the date of this quarterly report.

Risk Factor Summary

Investment in our securities involves risk. You should carefully consider the following summary of what we believe to be the principle risks facing our business, in addition to the risks described more fully in Item 1A., “Risk Factors” of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other information included in this report. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only risks and uncertainties we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we presently deem less significant may also impair our business operations.

If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations and future growth prospects could be materially and adversely affected, and the actual outcomes of matters as to which forward-looking statements are made in this report could be materially different from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.

•We have incurred significant operating losses, anticipate that we will continue to incur significant operating expenses for the foreseeable future and may never generate significant revenue or achieve or sustain profitability.

•We may require substantial additional funding to advance our pipeline of clinical stage assets, and if we are unable to obtain this necessary capital when needed, we could be forced to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our research, product development or commercialization efforts.

•If we fail to comply with the covenants or payment obligations under the 2020 Loan Facility, which could result in an event of default, this could materially and adversely affect our business and our financial condition.

•We have only recently transitioned from a development stage biopharmaceutical company to a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, which may make it difficult for you to evaluate the success of our business to date and to assess our future viability.

•We depend heavily on the success of our commercial product, FOTIVDA, and on our clinical stage assets, including tivozanib (in other indications), ficlatuzumab, AV-380 and AV-203. If we are unable to complete the clinical development of, obtain marketing approval for or successfully commercialize our product candidates, our business will be materially harmed.

•The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected our ability to commercialize FOTIVDA, to manufacture clinical product, and to initiate new trials or complete ongoing clinical trials and may have other adverse effects on our business and operations.

•If we or our collaborators experience delays or difficulties in the enrollment of patients in clinical trials, receipt of necessary regulatory approvals could be delayed or prevented.

•If clinical trials of any product candidates that we, or any collaborators, may develop fail to satisfactorily demonstrate safety and efficacy to the FDA and other regulators, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of these product candidates.

•We face substantial competition from existing approved products and our competitors may also discover, develop or commercialize new competing products before, or more successfully, than we do.

•Adverse events or undesirable side effects caused by, or other unexpected properties of, product candidates that we develop may be identified during development and could delay or prevent their marketing approval or limit their use.

•We rely in part on third parties to produce our preclinical and clinical product candidate supplies and to conduct clinical trials of our internally-developed product candidates, and those third parties may not

perform satisfactorily, including by failing to deliver supplies on time or to meet deadlines for the completion of such trials, research or testing.

•We rely on our licensee EUSA, over whom we have little control, for the sales, marketing and distribution efforts associated with the commercialization of FOTIVDA in the countries in the EUSA Licensed Territory and any failure by EUSA to devote the necessary resources and attention to market and sell FOTIVDA effectively and successfully may materially impact our ability to generate revenue from the EUSA Licensed Territory.

•Any failure by a third-party manufacturer or a third-party supplier to timely produce or provide required manufacturing supplies for us or to safely store product candidate supplies and commercial supplies of FOTIVDA may delay or impair our ability to manufacture product, initiate or complete our clinical trials or commercialize our product candidates.

•We may not be successful in establishing or maintaining strategic partnerships to execute our strategy to partner our clinical stage assets and further the development of our therapeutic programs. Additionally, if any of our current or future strategic partners fails to perform its obligations or terminates the partnership, the development and commercialization of the product candidates under such agreement could be delayed or terminated and, such failures or terminations could have a material adverse effect on our operations and business.

•We could be unsuccessful in obtaining or maintaining adequate market exclusivity and/or patent protection for one or more of our product candidates, or the scope of our patent protection could be insufficiently broad, which could result in competition and a decrease in the potential market share for our product candidates.


Part I.			Financial Information

AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except par value amounts)

(Unaudited)


	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	70,168	$	70,542
Marketable securities	6,992		16,784
Trade receivables, net	15,279		9,811
Partnership receivables	850		1,790
Inventory	1,320		1,656
Clinical trial retainers	894		1,181
Other prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,085		2,972
Total current assets	97,588		104,736
Property and equipment, net	242		276
Operating lease right-of-use asset	81		178
Other assets	200		151
Total assets	$	98,111	$	105,341
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	3,605	$	2,712
Accrued clinical trial costs and contract research	10,465		5,046
Accrued compensation and benefits	4,237		4,963
Other accrued liabilities	8,003		5,421
Operating lease liability	5		11
Loans payable, net of discount	5,182		—
Deferred revenue	—		578



Total current liabilities	31,497		18,731
Loans payable, net of discount	33,247		37,960


Other liabilities, non-current (Note 6)	2,780		2,780
Total liabilities	67,524		59,471
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $.001 par value: 5,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021; no shares issued and outstanding at each of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021	—		—
Common stock, $.001 par value: 80,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2022 and 50,000 at December 31, 2021; 34,614 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and 34,475 at December 31, 2021	35		34
Additional paid-in capital	723,619		720,386
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2)		(3)
Accumulated deficit	(693,065)		(674,547)
Total stockholders’ equity	30,587		45,870
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	98,111	$	105,341

See accompanying notes.

AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Revenues:
FOTIVDA U.S. product revenue, net	$	25,006	$	6,735	$	45,092	$	7,801
Partnership licensing and royalty revenue	298		821		1,132		1,675
	25,304		7,556		46,224		9,476
Operating expenses:
Cost of products sold	3,065		822		5,499		960
Research and development	12,318		6,878		22,478		12,675
Selling, general and administrative	17,075		14,920		34,412		30,020
	32,458		22,620		62,389		43,655
Loss from operations	(7,154)		(15,064)		(16,165)		(34,179)
Other income (expense), net:
Interest expense, net	(1,165)		(1,128)		(2,353)		(1,739)
Change in fair value of PIPE Warrant liability	—		2,595		—		199

	(1,165)		1,467		(2,353)		(1,540)
Net loss	$	(8,319)	$	(13,597)	(18,518)		$	(35,719)

Basic and diluted net loss per share:
Net loss per share	$	(0.24)	$	(0.40)	$	(0.54)	$	(1.16)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding	34,503		34,362		34,489		30,915

See accompanying notes.

AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net loss	$	(8,319)	$	(13,597)	$	(18,518)	$	(35,719)
Other comprehensive gain/(loss):
Unrealized gain/(loss) on available-for-sale securities	(3)		—		1		—
Comprehensive loss	$	(8,322)	$	(13,597)	$	(18,517)	$	(35,719)

See accompanying notes.

AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Common Shares			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Accumulated Deficit		Total Stockholders' Equity
	Shares	Par Value
Balance at December 31, 2021	34,475	$	34	$	720,386	$	(3)	$	(674,547)	$	45,870
Stock-based compensation expense related to equity-classified awards	—	—		1,267		—		—		1,267
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments	—	—		—		4		—		4
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(10,199)		(10,199)
Balance at March 31, 2022	34,475	$	34	$	721,653	$	1	$	(684,746)	$	36,942
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	136	1		544		—		—		545
Exercise of stock options	3	—		16		—		—		16
Stock-based compensation expense related to equity-classified awards	—	—		1,406		—		—		1,406
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments	—	—		—		(3)		—		(3)
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(8,319)		(8,319)
Balance at June 30, 2022	34,614	$	35	$	723,619	$	(2)	$	(693,065)	$	30,587

See accompanying notes.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Common Shares			Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Accumulated Deficit		Total Stockholders' Equity
	Shares	Par Value
Balance at December 31, 2020	26,883	$	27	$	656,472	$	—	$	(621,205)	$	35,294
Issuance of common stock in a public offering (net of issuance costs of $3.6 million)	6,900	7		51,711		—		—		51,718
Issuance of common stock from the SVB Leerink sales agreement (net of issuance costs of $0.1 million)	331	—		3,377		—		—		3,377
Issuance of common stock in connection with warrant exercises	247	—		3,092		—		—		3,092
Stock-based compensation expense related to equity- classified awards	—	—		1,204		—		—		1,204
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(22,122)		(22,122)
Balance at March 31, 2021	34,361	$	34	$	715,856	$	—	$	(643,327)	$	72,563
Stock-based compensation expense related to equity- classified awards	—	—		1,169		—		—		1,169
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	13	—		68		—		—		68
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(13,597)		(13,597)
Balance at June 30, 2021	34,374	$	34	$	717,093	$	—	$	(656,924)	$	60,203

AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021
Operating activities
Net loss	$	(18,518)	$	(35,719)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	34		33
Stock-based compensation	2,673		2,373
Non-cash interest expense	469		428
Non-cash change in fair value of PIPE Warrant liability	—		(199)
Amortization of premium and discount on investments	57		10
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables, net	(5,468)		(4,220)
Partnership receivables	940		(168)
Inventory	336		—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,174		(685)
Operating lease right-of-use asset	48		227
Other non-current assets	—		(100)
Accounts payable	893		(219)
Accrued clinical trial costs and contract research	5,419		269
Accrued compensation and benefits	(726)		361
Other accrued liabilities	2,582		1,955
Operating lease liability	(6)		(45)
Deferred revenue	(578)		(987)
Deferred research and development reimbursements	—		(128)
Operating lease liability, non-current	—		(187)
Net cash used in operating activities	(10,671)		(37,001)
Investing activities
Purchases of marketable securities	(8,979)		(28,195)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities	18,715		—

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	9,736		(28,195)
Financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs	—		55,095

Proceeds from warrant exercises	—		3,092
Proceeds from issuance of stock for stock-based compensation arrangements	561		68
Proceeds from issuance of loan payable	—		20,000


Payment of debt issuance costs	—		(85)
Net cash provided by financing activities	561		78,170
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(374)		12,974
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	70,542		61,761
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	70,168	$	74,735
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for interest	$	1,959	$	1,171

See accompanying notes.

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

June 30, 2022

(1) Organization

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) is a commercial stage, oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company committed to delivering medicines that provide a better life for patients with cancer. The Company currently markets FOTIVDA® (tivozanib) in the United States. FOTIVDA is the Company's first commercial product and was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for marketing and sale in the United States on March 10, 2021 for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory advanced (“R/R”) renal cell carcinoma (“RCC”) following two or more prior systemic therapies. The Company markets and sells FOTIVDA in the United States through its commercial infrastructure, and has made FOTIVDA available to patients through a network of specialty pharmacies and distributors. The Company continues to develop tivozanib in immuno-oncology combinations and other novel targeted combinations in RCC and other indications, and the Company has other investigational programs in clinical development.

FOTIVDA is an oral, next-generation vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (“VEGFR”) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (“TKI”). The FDA approval of FOTIVDA is based on the Company’s pivotal Phase 3 randomized, controlled, multi-center, open-label clinical trial comparing tivozanib to an approved therapy, Nexavar® (sorafenib), in RCC patients whose disease had relapsed or become refractory to two or three prior systemic therapies, which the Company refers to as the TIVO-3 trial. The approval is also supported by three additional trials in RCC and includes safety data from over 1,000 clinical trial subjects.

Based on FOTIVDA’s demonstrated anti-tumor activity, tolerability profile and reduction of regulatory T-cell production, the Company and its collaboration partners are continuing to develop tivozanib in RCC and in additional cancer indications with significant unmet medical needs including, hepatocellular carcinoma (“HCC”) and tumors that are resistant to immunotherapy, or immunologically cold tumors, in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors (“ICIs”). In addition, the Company is evaluating tivozanib as a monotherapy in cholangiocarcinoma (“CCA”). The Company and the Company's collaboration partners or independent investigators sponsor the development of tivozanib through preclinical studies and clinical trials conducted under collaboration agreements and investigator sponsored trial (“IST”) agreements or the Company's Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (“CRADA”) with the National Cancer Institute’s Surgical Oncology Program (“NCI-SOP”).

The Company is also seeking to advance its pipeline of four wholly owned immunoglobulin G1 (“IgG1”) monoclonal antibody product candidates, ficlatuzumab, AV-380, AV-203 and AV-353, to position each product candidate for further development by partners with the Company retaining all, or a portion of, the North American oncology commercial rights related to these product candidates.

As used throughout these consolidated financial statements, the terms “AVEO” and the “Company” refer to the business of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its three wholly owned subsidiaries, AVEO Pharma Limited, AVEO Pharma (Ireland) Limited and AVEO Securities Corporation.

Liquidity and Going Concern

In accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company has evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued. The Company’s financial statements have been prepared on the basis of continuity of operations, realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. Through June 30, 2022, the Company has financed its operations primarily through private placements and public offerings of its common stock, license fees, milestone payments and research and development funding from strategic partners, FOTIVDA commercial sales receipts and debt facilities. The Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to its drug development efforts, comprising research and development, manufacturing, conducting clinical trials for its product candidates, commercializing FOTIVDA, protecting its intellectual property and general and administrative functions relating to these operations.

The future success of the Company is dependent on its ability to continue to commercialize FOTIVDA in the United States, expand the commercial opportunity of tivozanib for the treatment of RCC and to position the Company’s other product candidates for further development by partners with the Company retaining all, or a portion of, the North American oncology commercial rights related to these product candidates. Ultimately, the Company is focused on its ability to create shareholder value. On March 10, 2021, the FDA approved FOTIVDA in the United States for the treatment of adult patients with R/R RCC following two or more prior systemic therapies. The Company’s future product revenues will depend upon the size of markets in which FOTIVDA, and any future products, receive approval, and its ability to achieve sufficient market acceptance, reimbursement from third-party payors and adequate market share for FOTIVDA and any future products in those markets. The likelihood of the Company’s long-term success must be considered in light of the expenses, difficulties and potential delays that may be encountered in the development and commercialization of new pharmaceutical products, competitive factors in the marketplace and the complex regulatory environment in which the Company operates. Absent the realization of sufficient revenues from product sales to support the Company’s cost structure, the Company may never attain or sustain profitability.

The Company has incurred recurring losses and cash outflows from operations since its inception, including an accumulated deficit of $693.1 million as of June 30, 2022. The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur significant operating expenses for the foreseeable future as it commercializes FOTIVDA in the United States and continues its planned development activities for its clinical and preclinical stage assets. The Company may require substantial additional capital to continue to advance its pipeline of clinical and preclinical stage assets to position each product candidate for further development by partners and the timing and nature of these activities will be conducted subject to the availability of sufficient financial resources, from partnerships and product sales of FOTIVDA in the United States.

As of August 4, 2022, the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements, the Company expects that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $77.2 million as of June 30, 2022, along with net product revenues from product sales of FOTIVDA in the United States, will be sufficient to fund its current operations for more than twelve months from the date of filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Management’s expectations with respect to its ability to fund current planned operations is based on estimates that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks related to its ability to generate sufficient product revenue from sales of FOTIVDA in the United States and to effectively manage expenses. If actual results are different from management’s estimates, the Company may need to seek additional strategic or financing opportunities sooner than would otherwise be expected. However, there is no guarantee that any of these strategic or financing opportunities would be executed or executed on favorable terms, and some could be dilutive to existing stockholders. If the Company is unable to obtain additional capital on a timely basis, it may be forced to significantly curtail, delay or discontinue one or more of its planned research or development programs or be unable to expand its operations or otherwise capitalize on the commercialization of its product.

(2) Basis of Presentation

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, AVEO Pharma Limited, AVEO Pharma (Ireland) Limited and AVEO Securities Corporation. The Company has eliminated all significant intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals and revisions of estimates, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated financial statements have been included. Interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 or any other future period.

The information presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements and related footnotes at June 30, 2022, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, is unaudited, and the condensed consolidated balance sheet amounts and related footnotes as of December 31, 2021 have been derived from the Company’s audited financial statements. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 14, 2022.

(3) Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606 (“ASC 606”), Revenue from Contracts with Customers, the Company recognizes revenue when its customers obtain control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the Company determines it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligation(s) in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligation(s) in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies its performance obligation(s). As part of the accounting for these arrangements, the Company must make significant judgments, including identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each performance obligation.

Net Product Revenue

The Company sells its products principally through a limited distribution network comprised of two specialty pharmacies, Biologics and Onco360, and the following specialty distributors: Amerisource Specialty Distribution, Oncology Supply, McKesson Plasma and Biologics, McKesson Specialty and Cardinal Specialty (collectively with the specialty pharmacies, the “Customers” and each a “Customer”). These Customers subsequently resell the Company’s products to health care providers and patients. In addition to distribution agreements with Customers, the Company enters into arrangements with health care providers and payors that provide for government-mandated and/or privately-negotiated rebates, chargebacks and discounts with respect to the purchase of the Company’s products. Revenues from product sales are recognized when the Customer obtains control of the Company’s product, which occurs at a point in time, typically upon delivery to the Customer.

Product Sales Discounts and Allowances

The Company records revenues from product sales at the net sales price (transaction price), which includes estimates of variable consideration for which reserves are established primarily from discounts, chargebacks, rebates, co-pay assistance, returns and other allowances that are offered within contracts between the Company and its Customers, health care providers, payors and other indirect customers relating to the sales of its products. These reserves are based on the amounts earned or to be claimed on the related sales and are classified as reductions of trade receivables (if the amount is deductible by the Customer from payments to the Company) or a current liability (if the amount is payable by the Company to a third party or Customer). Where appropriate, these estimates take into consideration a range of possible outcomes that are probability-weighted for relevant factors such as current contractual and statutory requirements, specific known market events and trends, industry data, forecasted Customer buying and payment patterns, and the Company’s historical experience that will develop over time as FOTIVDA is the Company’s first commercial product. Overall, these reserves reflect the Company’s best estimates of the amount of consideration to which it is entitled based on the terms of its contracts. The amount of variable consideration that is included in the transaction price may be constrained, and is included in the net sales price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized will not occur in a future period. Actual amounts of consideration ultimately received may differ from the Company’s estimates. If actual results in the future vary from the Company’s estimates, the Company will adjust these estimates, which would affect U.S. net product revenues and earnings in the period such variances become known.

Chargebacks: Chargebacks are discounts that occur when contracted customers purchase directly from a specialty distributor. Contracted customers, which currently consist primarily of Public Health Service institutions, Federal government entities purchasing via the Federal Supply Schedule, Group Purchasing Organizations and health maintenance organizations, generally purchase the product at a discounted price. The specialty distributor, in turn, charges back to the Company the difference between the price initially paid by the specialty distributor and the discounted price paid to the specialty distributor by its contracted customer. The allowance for chargebacks is based on actual chargebacks received and an estimate of sales by the specialty distributor to its contracted customers.

Discounts for Prompt Payment: The Customers receive a discount of 2% for prompt payment. The Company expects its Customers will earn 100% of their prompt payment discounts and, therefore, the Company deducts the full amount of these discounts from total product sales when revenues are recognized.

Rebates: Allowances for rebates include mandated discounts under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, Medicare Part D Coverage Gap Discounts Program, other government programs and commercial contracts. Rebate amounts owed

after the final dispensing of the product to a benefit plan participant are based upon contractual agreements or legal requirements with public sector benefit providers, such as Medicaid. In addition, in the United States during 2020, the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit mandated participating manufacturers to fund 70% of the Medicare Part D insurance coverage gap for prescription drugs sold to eligible patients. The allowance for rebates is based on statutory or contractual discount rates and expected utilization. The Company’s estimates for the expected utilization of rebates are based on Customer and payer data received from the specialty pharmacies and distributors and historical utilization rates that will develop over time as FOTIVDA is the Company’s first commercial product. Rebates are generally invoiced by the payor and paid in arrears, such that the accrual balance consists of an estimate of the amount expected to be incurred for the current quarter’s shipments to the Customers, plus an accrual balance for known or estimated prior quarters’ unpaid rebates. If actual future rebates vary from estimates, the Company may need to adjust its accruals, which would affect U.S. net product revenues in the period of adjustment.

Co-payment Assistance: Patients who have commercial insurance and meet certain eligibility requirements may receive co-payment assistance. The Company accrues a liability for co-payment assistance based on actual program participation and estimates of program redemption using Customer data provided by the third party that administers the copay program.

Other Customer Credits: The Company pays fees to its Customers for account management, data management and other administrative services. To the extent the services received are distinct from the sale of products to its Customers, the Company classifies these payments in selling, general and administrative expenses in its Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table summarizes net product revenues for FOTIVDA in the United States earned in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Product revenues:
Gross product revenues	$	30,404	$	7,993	$	55,048	$	9,249
Discounts and allowances	(5,398)		(1,258)		(9,956)		(1,448)
Net product revenues	$	25,006	$	6,735	$	45,092	$	7,801

The following table summarizes the percentage of total product revenues for FOTIVDA in the United States by any Customer who individually accounted for 10% or more of total product revenues earned in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Affiliates of McKesson Corporation	38	%	41	%	40	%	40	%
Affiliates of AmerisourceBergen Corporation	29	%	25	%	28	%	24	%
OncoMed Specialty, LLC (Onco360)	24	%	24	%	23	%	25	%
Affiliates of Cardinal Health Specialty	9	%	10	%	9	%	11	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%

Product Sales Discounts and Allowances

The activities and ending allowance balances for each significant category of discounts and allowances for FOTIVDA (which constitute variable consideration) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were as follows (in thousands):


	Chargebacks, Discounts for Prompt Pay and Other Allowances		Rebates, Customer Fees / Credits and Co-Pay Assistance		Totals
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	1,193	$	1,170	$	2,363
Provision related to sales made in:
Current period	5,960		4,146		10,106
Prior periods	(136)		(14)		(150)
Payments and customer credits issued	(5,390)		(3,004)		(8,394)
Balance at June 30, 2022	$	1,627	$	2,298	$	3,925

The allowances for chargebacks, discounts for prompt payment and other allowances are recorded as a reduction of trade receivables, net, and the remaining reserves are recorded as rebates and fees due to customers in other current accrued liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Collaboration Revenues

The Company’s historical revenues have been generated primarily through collaborative research, development and commercialization agreements. The terms of these agreements generally contain multiple promised goods and services, which may include (i) licenses, or options to obtain licenses, to the Company’s technology, (ii) research and development activities to be performed on behalf of the collaborative partner and (iii) in certain cases, services in connection with the manufacturing of preclinical and clinical material. Payments to the Company under these arrangements typically include one or more of the following: non-refundable, upfront license fees; option exercise fees; funding of research and/or development efforts; milestone payments; and royalties on future product sales.

Collaboration Arrangements Within the Scope of ASC 808, Collaborative Arrangements

The Company analyzes its collaboration arrangements to assess whether such arrangements involve joint operating activities performed by parties that are both active participants in the activities and exposed to significant risks and rewards dependent on the commercial success of such activities and are therefore within the scope of ASC Topic 808, Collaborative Arrangements (“ASC 808”). This assessment is performed throughout the life of the arrangement based on changes in the responsibilities of all parties in the arrangement. For collaboration arrangements that are deemed to be within the scope of ASC 808, the Company first determines which elements of the collaboration are deemed to be within the scope of ASC 808 and those that are more reflective of a vendor-customer relationship and therefore within the scope of ASC 606. The Company’s policy is generally to recognize amounts received from collaborators in connection with joint operating activities that are within the scope of ASC 808 as a reduction in research and development expense.

Arrangements Within the Scope of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Once a contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within the contract and determines those that are performance obligations. Arrangements that include rights to additional goods or services that are exercisable at a customer’s discretion are generally considered options. The Company assesses if these options provide a material right to the customer and if so, they are considered performance obligations. The exercise of a material right is accounted for as a contract modification for accounting purposes.

The Company assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct for the purpose of identifying the performance obligations in the contract. This assessment involves subjective determinations and requires management to make judgments about the individual promised goods or services and whether such are separable from the other aspects of the contractual relationship. Promised goods and services are considered distinct provided that: (i) the customer can benefit from the good or service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer (that is,

the good or service is capable of being distinct) and (ii) the entity’s promise to transfer the good or service to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract (that is, the promise to transfer the good or service is distinct within the context of the contract). In assessing whether a promised good or service is distinct, the Company considers factors such as the research, manufacturing and commercialization capabilities of the collaboration partner and the availability of the associated expertise in the general marketplace. The Company also considers the intended benefit of the contract in assessing whether a promised good or service is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. If a promised good or service is not distinct, an entity is required to combine that good or service with other promised goods or services until it identifies a bundle of goods or services that is distinct.

The transaction price is then determined and allocated to the identified performance obligations in proportion to their standalone selling prices (“SSP”) on a relative SSP basis. SSP are determined at contract inception and are not updated to reflect changes between contract inception and when the performance obligations are satisfied. Determining SSP for performance obligations requires significant judgment. In developing SSP for a performance obligation, the Company considers applicable market conditions and relevant entity-specific factors, including factors that were contemplated in negotiating the agreement with the customer and estimated costs. The Company validates SSP for performance obligations by evaluating whether changes in the key assumptions used to determine SSP will have a significant effect on the allocation of arrangement consideration between multiple performance obligations.

If the consideration promised in a contract includes a variable amount, the Company estimates the amount of consideration to which it will be entitled in exchange for transferring the promised goods or services to a customer. The Company determines the amount of variable consideration by using the expected value method or the most likely amount method. The Company includes the unconstrained amount of estimated variable consideration in the transaction price. The amount included in the transaction price is constrained to the amount for which it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. At the end of each subsequent reporting period, the Company re-evaluates the estimated variable consideration included in the transaction price and any related constraint, and if necessary, adjusts its estimate of the overall transaction price. Any such adjustments are recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis in the period of adjustment.

In determining the transaction price, the Company adjusts consideration for the effects of the time value of money if the timing of payments provides the Company with a significant benefit of financing. The Company does not assess whether a contract has a significant financing component if the expectation at contract inception is such that the period between payment by the licensees and the transfer of the promised goods or services to the licensees will be one year or less. The Company assessed each of its revenue generating arrangements in order to determine whether a significant financing component exists and concluded that a significant financing component does not exist in any of its arrangements.

The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) each performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time or over time, and if over time based on the use of an output or input method.

Licenses of Intellectual Property: The terms of the Company’s license agreements include the license of functional intellectual property, given the functionality of the intellectual property is not expected to change substantially as a result of the Company’s ongoing activities. If the license to the Company’s intellectual property is determined to be distinct from the other performance obligations identified in the arrangement, the Company recognizes revenues from the portion of the transaction price allocated to the license when the license is transferred to the licensee and the licensee is able to use and benefit from the license. For licenses that are bundled with other promises (that is, for licenses that are not distinct from other promised goods and services in an arrangement), the Company utilizes judgment to assess the nature of the combined performance obligation to determine whether the combined performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time and, if over time, the appropriate method of measuring progress for purposes of recognizing revenue. The Company evaluates the measure of progress each reporting period and, if necessary, adjusts the measure of performance and related revenue recognition.

Research and Development Funding: Arrangements that include payment for research and development services are generally considered to have variable consideration. If and when the Company assesses the payment for these services is no longer subject to the constraint on variable consideration, the related revenue is included in the transaction price.

Milestone payments: At the inception of each arrangement that includes non-refundable payments for contingent milestones, including preclinical research and development, clinical development and regulatory, the Company evaluates whether the milestones are considered probable of being achieved and estimates the amount to be included in the transaction price using the most likely amount method. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal would not occur, the associated milestone value is included in the transaction price. Milestone payments that are not within the control of the

Company or the licensee, such as regulatory approvals, are not considered probable of being achieved until those approvals are received. At the end of each reporting period, the Company re-evaluates the probability of the achievement of contingent milestones and the likelihood of a significant reversal of such milestone revenue, and if necessary, adjusts its estimate of the overall transaction price. Any such adjustments are recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis, which would affect collaboration and licensing revenue in the period of adjustment. This quarterly assessment may result in the recognition of revenue related to a contingent milestone payment before the milestone event has been achieved.

Royalties: For arrangements that include sales-based royalties, including milestone payments based on the level of sales, and the license is deemed to be the predominant item to which the royalties relate, the Company recognizes revenue at the later of (i) when the related sales occur or (ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied).

The following table summarizes the total collaboration revenues earned in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, by partner (in thousands). Refer to Note 4, “Collaborations and License Agreements” regarding specific details.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
EUSA	$	298	$	821	$	1,132	$	1,675
Total	$	298	$	821	$	1,132	$	1,675

Trade Receivables

Trade receivables, net, includes amounts billed to Customers for product sales of FOTIVDA. The Company records trade receivables net of chargebacks, cash discounts for prompt payment and any allowances for credit losses. The Company considers its historical losses, if any, adjusted to account for current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions affecting its customers to estimate credit losses. The Customers are specialty pharmacies and specialty distributors, and accordingly, the Company considers the risk of potential credit losses to be low.

Inventory

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The Company analyzes its inventory levels quarterly and writes down inventory subject to expiry or in excess of expected requirements, or that has a cost basis in excess of its expected net realizable value. These write downs are charged to cost of products sold in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.

The Company’s active pharmaceutical ingredient has a long shelf life and the Company’s finished drug product has a five-year expiry, however the realizability of inventory is subject to forecasted future sales of FOTIVDA in the United States. The Company’s forecasted sales currently support the realizability of the Company’s inventory but are uncertain and could change in the future, which would require the Company to write down the value of such inventory.

The following table summarizes the Company’s inventory balances as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:


	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Raw materials	$	—	$	—
Work in process	862		1,656
Finished goods	458		—
Total	$	1,320	$	1,656

Cost of Products Sold

Cost of products sold is related to the Company's product revenues for FOTIVDA and consists primarily of tiered royalty payments the Company is required to pay to Kyowa Kirin Co. (“KKC”) on all net sales of tivozanib in the Company’s North American territory, which range from the low to mid-teens as a percentage of net sales. Refer to Note 4, “Collaborations and License Agreements” regarding specific details. Cost of products sold also consists of the cost of manufacturing, indirect labor costs, any write-downs related to expiring or excess inventory, shipping and other third-party logistics and distribution costs for the Company’s products.

The Company considered regulatory approval of its product candidate to be uncertain and product manufactured prior to regulatory approval could not have been sold unless regulatory approval was obtained. As such, the manufacturing costs for FOTIVDA incurred prior to regulatory approval were not capitalized as inventory, but were expensed as research and development expenses. The Company’s initial commercial supply of FOTIVDA was manufactured prior to FDA market approval on March 10, 2021 and had been expensed to research and development expenses. In 2021, subsequent to the FDA’s market approval of FOTIVDA, the Company conducted resupply manufacturing of tivozanib in connection with upcoming drug expirations beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022 and capitalized these costs as inventory. In the second quarter of 2022, the Company changed its salable inventory to the resupply and began recognizing cost of products sold related to inventory.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses are charged to expense as incurred. Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred in performing research and development activities, including (i) internal costs for salaries, bonuses, benefits, stock-based compensation, research-related overhead and allocated expenses for facilities and information technology, and (ii) external costs for clinical trials, drug manufacturing and distribution, preclinical studies, upfront license payments, milestones and sublicense fees related to in-licensed products and technology, consultants and other contracted services.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase and an investment in a United States government money market fund to be cash equivalents. Changes in the balance of cash and cash equivalents may be affected by changes in investment portfolio maturities, as well as actual cash disbursements to fund operations.

The Company’s cash is deposited in highly-rated financial institutions in the United States. The Company invests in United States government money market funds, high-grade, short-term commercial paper, corporate bonds and other United States government agency securities, which management believes are subject to minimal credit and market risk. The carrying values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value due to their short-term maturities.

The Company did not have any restricted cash balances at June 30, 2022.

Marketable Securities

Marketable securities consist primarily of investments which have expected average maturity dates in excess of three months. The Company invests in high-grade corporate obligations, including commercial paper, and U.S. government and government agency obligations that are classified as available-for-sale. Since these securities are available to fund current operations they are classified as current assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

Marketable securities are stated at fair value, including accrued interest, with their unrealized gains and losses included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss, which is a separate component of stockholders’ equity. The fair value of these securities is based on quoted prices and observable inputs on a recurring basis. The cost of marketable securities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, with such amortization and accretion recorded as a component of interest expense, net. Realized gains and losses are determined on the specific identification method. Unrealized gains and losses are included in other comprehensive loss until realized, at which point they would be recorded as a component of interest expense, net.

Below is a summary of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (in thousands):


	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
June 30, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and money market funds	$	70,168	$	—	$	—	$	70,168
Total cash and cash equivalents	70,168		—		—		70,168

Marketable securities:
Government agency securities due within 1 year	$	6,994	$	—	$	(2)	$	6,992

Total marketable securities	6,994		—		(2)		6,992
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	77,162	$	—	$	(2)	$	77,160

December 31, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and money market funds	$	70,542	$	—	$	—	$	70,542
Total cash and cash equivalents	70,542		—		—		70,542

Marketable securities:
Corporate debt securities due within 1 year	$	16,787	$	—	$	(3)	$	16,784
Total marketable securities	16,787		—		(3)		16,784
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	87,329	$	—	$	(3)	$	87,326

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and accounts receivable. The Company maintains deposits in highly-rated, federally-insured financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits. The Company’s investment strategy is focused on capital preservation. The Company invests in instruments that meet the high credit quality standards outlined in the Company’s investment policy. This policy also limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issue or type of instrument.

The Company’s trade receivables, net, includes amounts billed to Customers for product sales of FOTIVDA. The Customers are a limited group of specialty pharmacies and specialty distributors, and accordingly, the Company considers the risk of potential credit losses to be low.

The Company’s partnership receivables include amounts due to the Company from licensees and collaborators. The Company has not experienced any material losses related to partnership receivables from individual licensees or collaborators.

Fair Value Measurements

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects the Company’s estimate of amounts that it would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from sources independent from the Company) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (the Company’s assumptions about how

market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

Level 1.Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2.Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3.Unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company measures the fair value of its marketable securities by taking into consideration valuations obtained from third-party pricing sources. The pricing services utilize industry standard valuation models, including both income and market-based approaches, for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly, to estimate fair value. These inputs include reported trades of and broker-dealer quotes on the same or similar securities, issuer credit spreads, benchmark securities and other observable inputs.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had financial assets valued based on Level 1 inputs consisting of cash and cash equivalents in a U.S. government money market fund and had financial assets based on Level 2 inputs consisting of government-agency securities. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company did not have any transfers of financial assets between Levels 1 and 2.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company did not have any financial liabilities recorded at fair value.

The loan payable (discussed in Note 6), which is classified as a Level 3 liability, has a variable interest rate and the carrying value approximates its fair value. As of June 30, 2022, the carrying value was approximately $38.4 million.

The following table summarizes the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (in thousands):


	Fair Value Measurements as of June 30, 2022
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets carried at fair value:
Cash and money market funds	$	70,168	$	—	$	—	$	70,168
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	70,168	$	—	$	—	$	70,168
Marketable securities:
Government agency securities due within 1 year	$	—	$	6,992	$	—	$	6,992

Total marketable securities	$	—	$	6,992	$	—	$	6,992
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	70,168	$	6,992	$	—	$	77,160


	Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2021
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets carried at fair value:
Cash and money market funds	$	70,542	$	—	$	—	$	70,542
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	70,542	$	—	$	—	$	70,542
Marketable securities:
Corporate debt securities due within 1 year	$	—	$	16,784	$	—	$	16,784
Total marketable securities	$	—	$	16,784	$	—	$	16,784
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	70,542	$	16,784	$	—	$	87,326

Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders is based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders is based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period plus additional weighted-average common equivalent shares outstanding during the period when the effect is dilutive.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share as the inclusion of weighted-average shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants until the expirations of the Offering Warrants on April 8, 2021 and the PIPE Warrants on May 16, 2021 would be anti-dilutive.

The following table summarizes outstanding securities not included in the computation of diluted net loss per common share as the effect would have been anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (in thousands):


	Outstanding at June 30,
	2022	2021
Stock options outstanding	5,366	3,242


Total	5,366	3,242

Stock-Based Compensation

Under the Company’s stock-based compensation programs, the Company periodically grants stock options and restricted stock to employees, directors and nonemployee consultants. The Company also issues shares under an employee stock purchase plan. The fair value of each award is recognized in the Company’s statements of operations over the requisite service period for such award.

Awards that vest as the recipient provides service are expensed on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value stock option awards without market conditions, which requires the Company to make certain assumptions regarding the expected volatility of its common stock price, the expected term of the option grants, the risk-free interest rate and the dividend yield with respect to its common stock. The Company calculates volatility using its historical stock price data. Due to the lack of the Company’s own historical data, the Company elected to use the “simplified” method for “plain vanilla” options to estimate the expected term of the Company’s stock option grants. Under this approach, the weighted-average expected life is presumed to be the average of the vesting term and the contractual term of the option. The risk-free interest rate used for each grant is based on the United States Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for instruments with a similar expected life. The Company utilizes a dividend yield of zero based on the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends and has no present intention to pay cash dividends.

The fair value of equity-classified awards to employees and directors is measured at fair value on the date the awards are granted. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded the following stock-based compensation expense (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Research and development	$	224	$	289	$	436	$	644
Selling, general and administrative	$	1,182	$	880	2,237		1,729
Total	$	1,406	$	1,169	$	2,673	$	2,373

Income Taxes

The Company provides for income taxes using the asset-liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company calculates its provision for income taxes on ordinary income based on its projected annual tax rate for the year. Uncertain tax positions are recognized if the position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by a tax authority. Unrecognized tax benefits represent tax positions for which reserves have been established. As of June 30, 2022, the Company is forecasting an effective tax rate of 0% for the year ending December 31, 2022. The Company maintains a full valuation allowance on all deferred tax assets.

Segment and Geographic Information

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise engaging in business activities for which discrete financial information is available and regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business in one operating segment principally in the United States. As of June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had no net assets located outside of the United States.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, the assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include revenue recognition, clinical trial costs and contract research accruals, measurement of trade receivables net, measurement of stock-based compensation and estimates of the Company’s capital requirements over the next twelve months from the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. Changes in estimates are recorded or reflected in the Company’s disclosures in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates if past experience or other assumptions do not turn out to be substantially accurate.

Accrued Clinical Trial Costs and Contract Research Liabilities

During each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had arrangements with multiple contract research organizations (“CROs”) whereby these organizations commit to performing services for the Company over multiple reporting periods. The Company recognizes the expenses associated with these arrangements based on its expectation of the timing of the performance of components under these arrangements by these organizations. Generally, these components consist of the costs of setting up the trial, monitoring the trial, closing the trial and preparing the resulting data. Costs related to patient enrollment in clinical trials are accrued as patients are enrolled in the trial.

In addition to fees earned by the CROs to manage the Company’s clinical trials, the CROs are also responsible for managing payments to the clinical trial sites on the Company’s behalf. There can be significant lag time in clinical trial sites invoicing the CROs. The date on which services are performed, the level of services performed and the cost of such services are often determined based on subjective judgments. The Company makes these judgments based upon the facts and circumstances known to it, such as the terms of the contract and its knowledge of activity that has been incurred, including the number of active clinical sites, the number of patients enrolled, the activities to be performed for each patient, including patient treatment and any imaging, if applicable, and the duration for which the patients will be enrolled in the trial. In the event that the Company does not identify some costs which have begun to be incurred, or the Company under or overestimates the level of services performed or the costs of such services in a given period, its reported expenses for such period would be understated or overstated. The Company currently reflects the effects of any changes in estimates based on changes in facts and circumstances directly in its operations in the period such change becomes known.

With respect to financial reporting periods presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the timing of the Company’s actual costs incurred have not differed materially from its estimated timing of such costs.

(4) Collaborations and License Agreements

Collaboration Agreement

AstraZeneca

In December 2018, the Company entered into a clinical supply agreement (the “AstraZeneca Agreement”) with a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca to evaluate the safety and efficacy of AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI (durvalumab), a human monoclonal antibody directed against PD-L1, in combination with tivozanib as a first-line treatment or following bevacizumab and atezolizumab treatment for patients with advanced, unresectable HCC in an open-label, multi-center, randomized Phase 1b/2 clinical trial (the “DEDUCTIVE trial”). The Company serves as the study sponsor; each party contributes the clinical supply of its study drug; key decisions are made by both parties by consensus; and external study costs are otherwise shared equally. The Company and AstraZeneca have decided to close the cohort B portion of the DEDUCTIVE trial, which was previously expected to be enrolled in the second half of 2022, while focusing on data maturing from the cohort A portion of the DEDUCTIVE trial.

The Company is accounting for the joint development activities under the AstraZeneca Agreement as a joint risk-sharing collaboration in accordance with ASC 808 because both the Company and AstraZeneca are active participants in the oversight of the DEDUCTIVE trial via their participation on a joint steering committee and are exposed to significant risk and rewards in connection with the activity based on their obligation to share in the costs. AstraZeneca does not meet the definition of a “Customer,” thus the joint development activities under the AstraZeneca Agreement are not accounted for under ASC 606.

Payments from AstraZeneca with respect to its share of the external costs for the DEDUCTIVE trial incurred by the Company pursuant to a joint development plan are recorded as a reduction in research and development expenses due to the joint risk-sharing nature of the activities that is not representative of a vendor-customer relationship.

The Company records reimbursements from AstraZeneca for external study costs as a reduction in research and development expense during the period that reimbursable expenses are incurred. As a result of the cost sharing provisions in the AstraZeneca Agreement, the Company’s research and development expenses were reduced by approximately $0.2 million and $0.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and by $0.4 million and by $0.5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The amount due to the Company from AstraZeneca pursuant to the cost-sharing provision was approximately $0.4 million as of June 30, 2022.

Out-License Agreements

EUSA

In December 2015, the Company entered into a license agreement with EUSA Pharma (UK) Limited (“EUSA” and the “EUSA Agreement”), under which the Company granted to EUSA the exclusive, sublicensable right to develop, manufacture and commercialize tivozanib in the territories of Europe (excluding Russia, Ukraine and the Commonwealth of Independent States), Latin America (excluding Mexico), Africa and Australasia (collectively, the “EUSA Licensed Territories”) for all diseases and conditions in humans, excluding non-oncologic diseases or conditions of the eye. In March of 2022, EUSA was acquired by Recordati, S.p.A (“Recordati”). As a result of the acquisition, all rights and obligations under the EUSA Agreement are transferred to Recordati.

EUSA has made research and development reimbursement and milestone payments to the Company totaling $12.5 million, including (i) a $2.5 million upfront payment upon the execution of the EUSA Agreement in December 2015, (ii) a $4.0 million research and development payment in September 2017 upon its receipt of marketing approval from the European Commission in August 2017 for FOTIVDA (tivozanib) for the treatment of RCC, and (iii) three $2.0 million milestones upon its receipt of reimbursement approvals in each of (a) February 2018 from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE”) in the United Kingdom, (b) November 2018 from the German Federal Association of the Statutory Health Insurances (“GKV-SV”) in Germany and (c) February 2019 from the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare (“MSCBS”) in Spain. These reimbursement milestones payments were received in March 2018, December 2018 and May 2019, respectively. In addition, in September 2017, EUSA elected to opt-in to co-develop the Phase 2 clinical trial of tivozanib in combination with OPDIVO (nivolumab) in the first-line and the second-line treatment of RCC (the “TiNivo trial”). EUSA made an additional research and development reimbursement payment to the Company of $2.0 million in October 2017, in advance of the completion of the TiNivo trial for its approximate 50% share of the total costs of the TiNivo trial.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company is eligible to receive (i) a $2.0 million milestone payment with respect to reimbursement approval in each of France and Italy, (ii) an additional $2.0 million for the grant of marketing approval for RCC in the three licensed countries outside of the EU, as mutually agreed by the parties, of which two approvals have been obtained in New Zealand in July 2019 and in South Africa in September 2020, (iii) a payment of $2.0 million per indication in connection with a filing by EUSA with the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) for marketing approval for tivozanib for the treatment of each of up to three additional indications, (iv) $5.0 million per indication in connection with the EMA’s grant of marketing approval for each of up to three additional indications, and (v) up to $335.0 million upon EUSA’s achievement of certain sales thresholds. In addition, the Company is also eligible to receive tiered double-digit royalties on net sales, if any, of licensed products in the EUSA Licensed Territories ranging from a low double digit up to mid-twenty percent depending on the level of annual net sales. No milestone payments nor any research and development reimbursement payments were earned in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. The Company is also eligible to receive an additional research and development reimbursement payment of up to $20.0 million, for the Company’s Phase 3 randomized, controlled, multi-center, open-label clinical trial comparing tivozanib to an approved therapy, sorafenib (Nexavar®), in RCC patients whose disease had relapsed or become refractory to two or three prior systemic therapies (the “TIVO-3 trial”), if Recordati elects to opt-in to that study.

Pursuant to the KKC Agreement (as defined below), the Company is required to pay KKC a 30% sublicense fee related to earned milestone payments and royalties from EUSA. However, research and development reimbursement payments by EUSA are excluded from the 30% sublicense fee due to KKC, subject to certain limitations. If Recordati elects to opt-in to the TIVO-3 trial, only approximately $8.7 million of the $20.0 million research and development payment would be subject to the 30% sublicense fee due to KKC. The $2.0 million milestone payments the Company earned in each of February 2018, November 2018 and February 2019 upon EUSA’s reimbursement approval for FOTIVDA from the NICE in the United Kingdom, the GKV-SV in Germany and the MSCBS in Spain, respectively, for the first-line treatment of RCC were subject to the 30% KKC sublicense fee, or $0.6 million, each. The sub-license fees for EUSA’s reimbursement approvals in the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain were paid in April 2018, January 2019 and June 2019, respectively.

Recordati, following its acquisition of EUSA, is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek regulatory approval for and commercialize tivozanib throughout the EUSA Licensed Territories in RCC. Recordati has responsibility for all activities and costs associated with the further development, manufacture, regulatory filings and commercialization of tivozanib in the EUSA Licensed Territories.

Accounting Under ASC 606

Under ASC 606, the upfront consideration and regulatory milestones included in the $12.5 million aggregate transaction price, as described above, were being recognized as collaboration and licensing revenue over the Company’s estimated substantive performance period. Under ASC 606, upon the achievement of a regulatory milestone, the amount that represented the cumulative catch-up for the period from contract execution in December 2015 through the date of the milestone achievement was recognized as collaboration and licensing revenue, with the balance classified as deferred revenue and recognized as collaboration and licensing revenue over the remainder of the performance period. As of March 31, 2022, the Company determined that it has fulfilled its performance obligations under the contract in accordance with ASC 606 as the license was previously transferred and the Company is not currently providing substantive support under the EUSA Agreement. The Company recognized license and collaboration revenue of $0.0 million and approximately $0.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and approximately $0.6 million and $1.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

None of the remaining regulatory-related milestones are included in the transaction price as these milestone amounts were fully constrained. As part of its evaluation of the constraint, the Company considered multiple factors: (i) the remaining reimbursement and marketing approvals in RCC are outside of the control of EUSA and vary on a country-by-country basis; (ii) milestones related to the submission filings for EMA approval of tivozanib in up to three additional indications are contingent upon the success of future clinical trials in additional indications, if any, and are outside of the control of EUSA; (iii) milestones related to the marketing approval by the EMA for tivozanib in up to three additional indications are contingent upon the success of the corresponding future clinical trials, if any, and are outside of the control of EUSA; and (iv) efforts by EUSA. The Company will assess any substantive performance obligations in connection with the achievement of future regulatory-related milestones. If the Company does not have any substantive performance obligations, the full amount of the milestone will be recognized in the period the milestone is achieved.

Any consideration related to sales-based milestones (including royalties) will be recognized when the related sales occur as these amounts have been determined to relate predominantly to the license granted to EUSA and therefore are recognized at the later of when the performance obligation is satisfied (or partially satisfied) or the related sales occur. The

Company will re-evaluate the transaction price, including its estimated variable consideration for milestones included in the transaction price and all constrained amounts, in each reporting period and as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur.

In November 2017, the Company began earning sales royalties upon EUSA’s commencement of the first commercial launch of FOTIVDA with the initiation of product sales in Germany. EUSA has received reimbursement approval for and commercially launched FOTIVDA in Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, as well as in some additional non-EU5 countries. EUSA is working to secure reimbursement approval in Italy and France and commercially launch FOTIVDA in additional EUSA licensed territories. The Company recognized royalty revenue of approximately $0.3 million in each of the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 and approximately $0.5 million and $0.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The Company recognized total revenues under the EUSA Agreement of approximately $0.3 million and $0.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and approximately $1.1 million and $1.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The amount due to the Company from EUSA pursuant to the EUSA Agreement was approximately $0.3 million as of June 30, 2022.

Biodesix

In April 2014, the Company entered into a worldwide co-development and collaboration agreement (the “Biodesix Agreement”) with Biodesix, Inc. (“Biodesix”) to develop and commercialize ficlatuzumab, the Company’s potent humanized immunoglobulin G1 (“IgG1”) monoclonal antibody that targets HGF. Under the Biodesix Agreement, prior to the first commercial sale of ficlatuzumab, each party had the right to elect to discontinue its funding obligation for further development or commercialization efforts with respect to ficlatuzumab in exchange for reduced economics in the program, which is referred to as an “Opt-Out.” In September 2020, the Company regained full global rights to ficlatuzumab, effective December 2, 2020, when Biodesix exercised its “Opt-Out” rights under the Biodesix Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Biodesix Agreement, as a result of Biodesix’s election to Opt-Out, Biodesix will (i) continue to be responsible for reimbursement of development costs with respect to the ongoing open label Phase 2 investigator-sponsored clinical trial of ficlatuzumab in combination with ERBITUX® (cetuximab) in HNSCC (the “Phase 2 HNSCC Trial”), (ii) cease to be entitled to 50% sharing of profits resulting from commercialization of ficlatuzumab, (iii) be entitled to a low double digit royalty on future product sales and 25% of future licensing revenue less approximately $2.5 million that Biodesix would be required to pay to the Company pursuant to the October 2016 amendment to the Biodesix Agreement and excluding contributions to research and development expenses and (iv) remain responsible for development obligations under the Biodesix Agreement with respect to VeriStrat. Biodesix and the Company also remain obligated to negotiate a commercialization agreement to delineate their rights and obligations in the event of any commercialization of VeriStrat with ficlatuzumab. As a result of Biodesix’s decision to Opt-Out, the Company now has worldwide licensing rights and sole decision-making authority with respect to further development and commercialization of ficlatuzumab. The payment obligations between the parties under the Biodesix Agreement are in effect until completion of the Phase 2 HNSCC Trial.

Biogen Idec International GmbH

In March 2009, the Company entered into an exclusive option and license agreement with Biogen regarding the development and commercialization of the Company’s discovery-stage ErbB3-targeted antibodies, including AV-203, for the potential treatment and diagnosis of cancer and other diseases outside of North America (the “Biogen Agreement”). Under the Biogen Agreement, the Company was responsible for developing ErbB3 antibodies through completion of the first Phase 2 clinical trial designed in a manner that, if successful, would generate data sufficient to support advancement to a Phase 3 clinical trial.

In March 2014, the Company and Biogen amended the Biogen Agreement (the “Biogen Amendment”). Pursuant to the Biogen Amendment, Biogen agreed to the termination of its rights and obligations under the Biogen Agreement, including Biogen’s option to (i) obtain a co-exclusive (with the Company) worldwide license to develop and manufacture ErbB3 targeted antibodies and (ii) obtain exclusive commercialization rights to ErbB3 products in countries in the world other than North America. As a result, the Company has worldwide rights to AV-203. Pursuant to the Biogen Amendment, the Company is obligated to use reasonable efforts to seek a collaboration partner for the purpose of funding further development and commercialization of ErbB3 targeted antibodies. The Company is also obligated to pay Biogen a percentage of milestone payments received by the Company from future partnerships after March 28, 2016 and single digit royalty payments on net sales related to the sale of ErbB3 products, if any, up to a cumulative maximum amount of $50.0 million.

In-License Agreements

St. Vincent’s

In July 2012, the Company entered into a license agreement with St. Vincent’s, under which the Company obtained an exclusive, worldwide sublicensable right to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize products for human therapeutic, preventative and palliative applications that benefit from inhibition or decreased expression or activity of growth differentiation factor-15 (“GDF15”), which is also referred to as MIC-1 (the “St. Vincent’s Agreement”). Under the St. Vincent’s Agreement, St. Vincent’s also granted the Company non-exclusive rights for certain related diagnostic products and research tools.

In order to sublicense certain necessary intellectual property rights to Novartis AG in August 2015, the Company amended and restated the St. Vincent’s Agreement and made an additional upfront payment to St. Vincent’s of $1.5 million. As of June 30, 2022, the Company is required to make future milestone payments, up to an aggregate total of $12.1 million, upon the earlier of the achievement of specified development and regulatory milestones or a specified date for the first indication, and upon the achievement of specified development and regulatory milestones for the second and third indications, for licensed therapeutic products, some of which payments may be increased by a mid to high double-digit percentage rate for milestone payments made after the Company grants any sublicense, depending on the sublicensed territory. In February 2022, the Company paid a $2.3 million time-based milestone obligation which became due to St. Vincent’s in January 2022. The Company will also be required to pay St. Vincent’s tiered royalty payments equal to a low-single-digit percentage of any net sales it or its sublicensees make from licensed therapeutic products. The royalty rate escalates within the low-single-digit range during each calendar year based on increasing licensed therapeutic product sales during such calendar year.

The St. Vincent’s Agreement remains in effect until the later of ten years after the date of first commercial sale of licensed therapeutic products in the last countr