“The start of enrollment for the pivotal FIERCE-HN trial is an important milestone in the advancement of the combination of ficlatuzumab and cetuximab, as it brings us a step closer to offering a new potential therapy to a patient population that has limited effective treatment options available to them today,” said Michael Bailey, president and chief executive officer of AVEO Oncology. “We are excited about the potential to extend the survival for this population of cancer patients where a significant unmet need currently exists.”