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ARVINAS INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 11, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Feb 11, 2025

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Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-02-11.

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Further, in 2024, we had two programs designed to target the androgen receptor, or AR, luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110). In the second quarter of 2024, we entered into and closed a transaction, or the Novartis Transaction, with Novartis Pharma AG, or Novartis, pursuant to which we granted Novartis an exclusive worldwide license for the development, manufacture and commercialization of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766). As of December 31, 2024, we completed the transition of our ongoing and planned clinical trials of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) to Novartis. Based on a decision early in the fourth quarter of 2023 to prioritize clinical development of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766), we will not be enrolling new patients into our ongoing trial activities with bavdegalutamide (ARV-110-101 and ARV-110-103) and we expect to wind down our bavdegalutamide programs after completion of these ongoing clinical trials.

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We, along with Pfizer, have several ongoing clinical trials of vepdegestrant, designed to potentially position vepdegestrant as a backbone ER-targeting therapy in treating breast cancer, including:

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•VERITAC-2, a Phase 3 second/third-line clinical trial evaluating vepdegestrant as a monotherapy, in advanced/metastatic breast cancer patients, for which we completed enrollment of patients in the fourth quarter of 2024;

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•VERITAC, a Phase 2 dose expansion trial to evaluate two doses (200 mg and 500 mg) of vepdegestrant monotherapy in metastatic breast cancer patients, for which enrollment of patients is complete;

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As part of our global collaboration with Pfizer, we expect to announce topline data for the VERITAC-2 clinical trial in a topline press release in the first quarter of 2025 and present the full results of the VERITAC-2 clinical trial at a medical conference in 2025. We completed enrollment for this clinical trial in the fourth quarter of 2024.

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In the first quarter of 2025, we announced that we, as part of our global collaboration with Pfizer, plan to initiate two new Phase 3 combination trials of vepdegestrant in patients with ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer in 2025, pending emerging data and regulatory feedback:

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ARV-393 is an investigational, orally bioavailable PROTAC designed to degrade BCL6, a transcriptional repressor and a key regulator of normal B-cell maturation and differentiation processes. Deregulation of BCL6 function (e.g., via chromosomal translocation, mutations) may lead to malignant transformation and development of NHL. Prior to the advent of PROTAC technology, the BCL6 protein was considered "undruggable." We believe that ARV-393 PROTAC-mediated degradation of BCL6 may provide an important novel therapeutic option for patients with NHL.

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In the second quarter of 2024, we presented preclinical data for ARV-393 at the European Hematology Association 2024 Annual Congress, which showed anti-tumor activity in preclinical models of B-cell lymphoma. In these preclinical models, ARV-393 potently and rapidly degraded the BCL6 protein and inhibited cell growth in DLBCL and Burkitt cell lines. ARV-393 showed tumor growth inhibition, including tumor regression, in various DLBCL cell line-derived xenograft models and in multiple patient-derived xenograft models of NHL including germinal center B-cell-like, or GCB, activated B-cell, or ABC, GCB/ABC, and BCL not otherwise specified subtypes of DLBCL, and Burkitt lymphoma. We plan to present preclinical data of ARV-393 in combination with standard of care biologic agents and small molecule inhibitors in high grade and aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphomain vivo models at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in the second quarter of 2025.

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In the first quarter of 2024, we announced that the FDA cleared our IND for ARV-393. We initiated our first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of ARV-393 in patients with relapsed or refractory NHL in the second quarter of 2024 and are currently recruiting patients for this clinical trial. This is an open-label, multicenter, Phase 1 dose escalation study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary anti-tumor activity of ARV-393 as a single agent in adult patients with relapsed/refractory NHL. Going forward, we expect to continue recruiting patients for this clinical trial and plan to disclose preliminary data from the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with NHL in 2025.

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ARV-102 is our first oral PROTAC protein degrader in development to treat neurodegenerative diseases. In preclinical studies, ARV-102 has been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier and degrade LRRK2, which is a large multidomain scaffolding kinase. In human genetics, single cell ribonucleic acid sequencing from post-mortem PD brain samples and protein data from PD patient derived induced pluripotent stem cell microglia suggest that increased activity and expression of LRRK2 are genetically involved in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases including PSP and PD.

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In the second quarter of 2024, we presented preclinical data at the Biennial International LRRK2 Meeting, which further supported the potential of PROTAC-induced LRRK2 degradation as a potential treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. The preclinical data presented at the Biennial International LRRK2 Meeting highlighted, with our PROTAC LRRK2 degrader, near complete LRRK2 target engagement, as well as LRRK2 degradation, in mouse and non-human primate, or NHP, lung and brain. The preclinical data also showed differing effects of the PROTAC LRRK2 degraders in the lungs compared to kinase inhibitors, suggesting reduced pulmonary function risk, including:

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•substantially less Type II pneumocyte enlargement compared to MLi-2, an experimental LRRK2 kinase inhibitor;

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•surfactant protein accumulation in mouse lung was observed after treatment with the LRRK2 kinase inhibitor MLi-2, but not after treatment with the PROTAC LRRK2 degrader; and

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•no evidence of collagen deposition in lung to date with PROTAC LRRK2 degraders in NHPs.

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In October 2024, we presented preclinical data at the 2024 Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson’s Disease Conference further supporting the potential of PROTAC-induced LRRK2 degradation as a potential treatment for patients with neurodegenerative diseases. New findings presented included data demonstrating:

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•orally delivered ARV-102 crosses the blood-brain barriers and degrades LRRK2 in the cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, of NHPs;

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•degradation of LRRK2 by ARV-102 induces changes in pathway (lysosomal and inflammation) biomarkers in the CSF of NHPs, which has not previously been demonstrated by kinase inhibitors of LRRK2; and

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•in murine tauopathy models, oral PROTAC LRRK2 degrader treatment led to ~50% pathologic tau reduction.

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The European Medicines Agency cleared our clinical trial application for ARV-102 in the fourth quarter of 2023. We currently are conducting two clinical trials with ARV-102, a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers and a Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with PD.

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We initiated the first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial for ARV-102 in the first quarter of 2024. The trial is evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of ARV-102, including the evaluation of LRRK2 degradation and exploratory LRRK2 pathway biomarkers. In the second quarter of 2024, we received health authority approval to initiate the multiple ascending dose, or MAD, portion of the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of ARV-102 in healthy volunteers, and we initiated the MAD portion of this clinical trial in the third quarter of 2024. We completed enrollment of this MAD cohort in the first quarter of 2025.

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We completed enrollment in the SAD portion of the Phase 1 clinical trial of ARV-102 in healthy volunteers at the Centre for Human Drug Research in Leiden, the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2024. We plan to present SAD data from the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of ARV-102 in healthy volunteers in an oral session at the Alzheimer’s Disease/Parkinson’s Disease (AD/PD) conference in Vienna, Austria in the second quarter of 2025, demonstrating bioavailability and brain penetration with dose dependent exposure in cerebral spinal fluid, or CSF, and degradation of LRRK2 in the periphery and CSF of healthy volunteers.

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In the fourth quarter of 2024, we initiated dosing of the first patients with PD in the SAD portion of the Phase 1 clinical trial of ARV-102. We plan to complete enrollment and present initial data from the ongoing SAD Phase 1 clinical trial of ARV-102 in patients with PD and initiate the MAD portion of the Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with PD in 2025.

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We have active preclinical programs and in line with our therapeutic strategies in oncology and neurologic disorders, we assess potential exploratory programs on a target-by-target basis to decide whether our PROTAC targeted protein degraders provide a compelling differentiated approach over standard-of-care or other, existing or potential competing mechanisms of action directed against a specific target. In the case of currently or historically undruggable targets, we assess whether the features of our PROTAC targeted protein degraders, including their potential to degrade proteins via sites other than enzymatic active sites and the ability to initiate the degradation process using only weak binders, offer us opportunities to degrade those targets.

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Our exploratory and research activities in oncology include programs directed to degrade KRAS, as noted above; Myc, an oncogenic transcription factor driving tumor cell proliferation; and hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1, a suppressor of T cell activation.

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We have conducted preclinical studies to establish the potential of our PROTAC Discovery Engine in thecentral nervous system, or CNS, for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including tauopathies, the largest of which is Alzheimer’s disease. We have demonstrated that tau PROTAC protein degrader molecules could be dosed peripherally and degrade pathogenic tau in the brain of mouse tauopathy models.

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In preclinical studies, we have demonstrated that PROTAC alpha-synuclein degraders can specifically degrade aggregated forms of the protein. We have conductedin vitro experiments in cells expressing the A53T mutant form of alpha-synuclein, a mutation that causes aggregation of alpha-synuclein and early-onset PD in patients. We treated these cells with alpha-synuclein targeting PROTAC degraders at 1 μM for 48 hours.

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In addition to our tau and alpha-synuclein programs, our neuroscience pipeline includes a program directed to mutant huntingtin, or mHTT, a key protein target for Huntington’s disease. We have identified ligands that bind to mutant mHTT protein without binding to wild-type HTT protein in preclinical studies. This selectivity differentiates these ligands from other small molecule splice modulators that reduce both mHTT and wild-type HTT protein. We believe that our discovery of selective PROTAC mHTT degraders has the potential to eliminate the toxic mHTT protein that causes this devastating disease. In our preclinical neurology research efforts, we have expanded our focus into additional mechanisms that contribute to the pathologic dysfunction in the brain including those that contribute to neuroinflammation and aging.

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Other Programs: Luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) and Bavdegalutamide (ARV-110)

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We have been developing luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110), each an investigational orally bioavailable, AR degrading PROTAC targeted protein degrader, for the treatment of men with mCRPC. Both luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) demonstrated activity in preclinical models of AR overexpression and AR mutations, both common mechanisms of resistance to current standard-of-care agents in men with prostate cancer. Early in the fourth quarter of 2023, based on signs of superior tolerability and efficacy of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) in clinical settings to date as compared to bavdegalutamide (ARV-110), we prioritized the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial with luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) in mCRPC instead of the previously planned Phase 3 clinical trial for bavdegalutamide. We will not be enrolling new patients into our ongoing trial activities with bavdegalutamide (ARV-110-101 and ARV-110-103) and we expect to wind down our bavdegalutamide program after completion of these clinical trials.

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In the second quarter of 2024, we entered into and closed the Novartis Transaction, including both a license agreement (the “Novartis License Agreement”) and an asset purchase agreement (the “Novartis Asset Agreement”). Pursuant to the Novartis License Agreement, we granted Novartis an exclusive worldwide license for the development, manufacture and commercialization of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766), our second generation PROTAC AR degrader for patients with prostate cancer and, as of December 31, 2024, we completed the transition of our ongoing and planned clinical trials of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) to Novartis. Pursuant to the Novartis Asset Agreement, we sold Novartis all of our rights, title and interest in our PROTAC protein degrader targeting AR-V7, a splice variant of the AR.

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In April 2024, we entered into the Novartis Transaction, including both the Novartis License Agreement and the Novartis Asset Agreement, with Novartis. The Novartis Transaction closed in May 2024 upon the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, at which time the Novartis License Agreement and the Novartis Asset Agreement became effective.

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Pursuant to the Novartis License Agreement, we granted Novartis an exclusive worldwide license for the development, manufacture and commercialization of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766), our second generation PROTAC AR degrader for patients with prostate cancer. Pursuant to the Novartis Asset Agreement, we sold to Novartis all of our rights, title and interest in our PROTAC protein degrader targeting AR-V7, a splice variant of the AR.

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Under the terms of and as consideration for entering into the Novartis Transaction, we received a one-time, upfront payment in the aggregate amount of $150.0 million from Novartis. Under the Novartis License Agreement, we are also eligible to receive up to an additional $1.01 billion as contingent payments based on specified development, regulatory, and commercial milestones for luxdegalutamide (ARV-766) being met, as well as tiered royalties based upon worldwide net sales of luxdegalutamide (ARV-766), subject to reduction under certain circumstances as provided in the Novartis License Agreement.

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The Novartis License Agreement will continue on a country-by-country basis (or, in certain cases, a region-by-region basis) until the expiration of the applicable royalty term for such country (or region, as applicable). The Novartis License Agreement contains customary termination provisions, including that either party may terminate the Novartis License Agreement (a) upon the material breach of the other party or (b) in the event the other party experiences an insolvency event. Additionally, Novartis may terminate the Novartis License Agreement for convenience or upon a safety or regulatory issue.

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•VERITAC, a Phase 2 second-line dose expansion clinical trial of vepdegestrant as a monotherapy, for which enrollment of patients is complete, for which we are currently enrolling patients;

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•a new first line Phase 3 clinical trial of vepdegestrant in combination with Pfizer's CDK4 inhibitor (PF-07220060); and

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In the second quarter of 2023, we evaluated and announced preliminary data from Part C of the ongoing Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of vepdegestrant. Preliminary results from the Part C dose escalation trial (November 2022 data cutoff from the Phase 1b combination of vepdegestrant with palbociclib at 125 mg) demonstrated an observed clinical benefit rate, or CBR (rate of confirmed complete response, confirmed partial response, or stable disease ≥24 weeks), of 60.7% (95% CI, 40.6 – 78.5) across all dose cohorts (17 of 28 CBR-evaluable patients; patients are CBR-evaluable if they received their first dose >24 weeks prior to the cut-off). In the fourth quarter of 2023, we presented, with Pfizer, updated data (data cutoff of June 6, 2023) from the Phase 1b trial assessing vepdegestrant in combination with palbociclib, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, or SABCS. These data demonstrated a CBR of 63%, (95% CI: 47.5–76.8), or 29/46 patients; at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=21), the CBR was 67% (95% CI: 43.0 – 85.4), or 14/21 patients, an ORR in evaluable patients with measurable disease at baseline (n=31) of 42% (95% CI: 24.5–60.9), or 13/31 patients; at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=15), the ORR was 53% (95% CI: 26.6 – 78.7) and median PFS of 11.1 months 95% CI: 8.2 – NE); 22 of 46 patients across all doses had progression events by time of data cutoff. These data,including the differences in patients with mutant ESR1 or wild-type ESR1 tumors, are discussed in more in Part I, Item 1. Business and below.

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Also in the second quarter of 2023, we presented vepdegestrant preclinical data at the American Association for Cancer Research, or AACR, annual meeting that demonstrated the potential utility of vepdegestrant as an endocrine therapy backbone for combination with other targeted agents in early and late-stage ER+/HER2- breast cancer and the potential mechanisms of acquired resistance to vepdegestrant that may be associated with alterations within Receptor Tyrosine Kinase/MAPK signaling pathways rather than ER signaling or E3 ligase machinery.

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In addition, in the second quarter of 2023, we announced the inclusion of vepdegestrant in the I-SPY-2 (Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging And moLecular Analysis 2) Endocrine Optimization Platform trial sponsored by Quantum Leap. The I-SPY-2 trial was designed to include a vepdegestrant monotherapy arm and a vepdegestrant plus letrozole arm. We were also awarded Innovation Passport Designation for vepdegestrant by the U.K. Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway Steering Group in the third quarter of 2023.

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We entered into a collaboration agreement with Pfizer and Carrick to evaluate samuraciclib in combination with vepdegestrant as part of the TACTIVE-U study in the second quarter of 2023. In the third quarter of 2023, we received a Study May Proceed letter from the FDA for the planned Phase 1b/2 clinical trial evaluating vepdegestrant in combination with Pfizer's CDK4 inhibitor, and we and Pfizer initiated this trial in the fourth quarter of 2023. We also initiated an additional arm of the Phase 1b combination umbrella trial with Carrick's CDK7 inhib itor in the first quarter of 2024.

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In the fourth quarter of 2023, at the European Society for Medical Oncology, or ESMO, we presented updated dose escalation data from the Phase 1/2 clinical trial with vepdegestrant showing continued strong anti-tumor activity and highly differentiated tolerability.

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Also in the fourth quarter of 2023, at SABCS, we presented interim data from the Phase 1b trial of vepdegestrant in combination with palbociclib. The interim data presented showed signs of efficacy as follows:

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•Objective response rate: 42% (ESR1 mutant, 47%; ESR1 wild-type, 42%)

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•Median PFS: 11.1 months (ESR1 mutant, 11.0; ESR1 wild-type, 11.1)

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•Clinical benefit rate: 63% (ESR1 mutant, 74%; ESR1 wild-type, 53%)

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The interim data presented also showed that safety was manageable, with standard on-label dose reductions of palbociclib resulting in a 72% decline in Grade 4 neutropenia in subsequent cycles. In addition, no cases of febrile neutropenia were reported and there were low rates of discontinuation. Among 36 patients who had at least one palbociclib dose reduction, only five (13.9%) had Grade 4 neutropenia after the last palbociclib dose reduction. While there was a higher occurrence of Grade 4 neutropenia in this trial, discontinuation rates of palbociclib and rates of infection were in line with historical palbociclib data.

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We completed enrollment in the TACTIVE-N Phase 2 clinical trial of vepdegestrant as a monotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting in patients with ER+/HER2- localized breast cancer in the first quarter of 2024 and we expect to complete enrollment for the VERITAC-2 Phase 3 trial of vepdegestrant as a monotherapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer in the second half of 2024.

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Also in the first quarter of 2024, the FDA granted Fast Track designation for the investigation of vepdegestrant for monotherapy in the treatment of adults with ER+/HER- locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer previously treated with endocrine based therapy.

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Androgen Receptor Programs: ARV-766 and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110)

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ARV-766 is an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader designed to target AR with a different profile than bavdegalutamide (ARV-110), as discussed in further detail below, as a potential treatment for men with mCRPC and MCSPC. In preclinical studies, ARV-766 degraded all tested resistance-driving point mutations of AR, including L702H, a mutation associated with treatment with abiraterone and other AR-pathway therapies.

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We have several ongoing clinical trials of ARV-766 including:

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•a Phase 2 dose expansion clinical trial in the post-novel hormonal agent, or NHA setting;

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•a Phase 1 dose escalation clinical trial in the post-NHA setting; and

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•a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in combination with abiraterone in the pre-NHA setting.

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Additional detail regarding our clinical development of ARV-766 is discussed in Part I, Item 1 Business Section and below.

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In the second quarter of 2023, we presented ARV-766 preclinical data and compound structure at the AACR annual meeting and we shared data from the Phase 1/2 dose escalation and expansion trial of ARV-766 for the treatment of men with mCRPC. The Phase 1 dose escalation portion of the ARV-766 trial was designed to assess its safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics in men with mCRPC who have progressed on standard of care therapies, as well as to identify recommended Phase 2 doses for further dose optimization. The Phase 2 expansion cohort was designed to evaluate the antitumor activity of ARV-766 at the two recommended doses (100 mg and 300 mg) and determine the appropriate dose for future development.

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Data from the Phase 1/2 dose escalation and expansion trial (data cut off April 2023) showed that ARV-766 was well-tolerated and demonstrated promising activity in a heavily pre-treated, post-receipt of NHAs, all-comers patient population. In both the Phase 1 dose escalation and Phase 2 dose expansion, 100% of patients were previously treated with at least one or more NHA. Patients had a median of four prior lines of therapy in the Phase 1 portion of the trial and five prior lines of therapy in the Phase 2 portion of the trial. Multiple prior therapies have been associated with a decreased responsiveness to AR-directed therapies and an increase in tumor heterogeneity. AR ligand binding domain, or LBD, mutations were present in 28% (13 of 47) of patients’ tumors in the Phase 1/2 trial as determined by plasma DNA analysis. Overall, 42% of patients with AR LBD mutations achieved reductions in PSA levels of greater than or equal to 50%, or PSA50, in the trial. In all patients with L702H mutations, three of five patients with achieved PSA50, and three of three patients with co-occurring T878/H875/L702 mutations achieved PSA50. Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, or RECIST, partial responses were observed. Of four patients with AR LBD mutations where RECIST was evaluable, one achieved a confirmed partial response, and one achieved an unconfirmed partial response.

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ARV-766 was well tolerated and the majority of treatment related adverse events, or TRAEs, were Grade 1 or 2, with no Grade ≥4 TRAEs and no dose limiting toxicities. Forty-seven patients across the Phase 1 and 2 trials were evaluable for safety and, of these patients, one patient discontinued treatment due to a TRAE in Phase 2 and two of 47 patients, both in Phase 1, were dose reduced due to TRAE.

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As announced at ESMO in the fourth quarter of 2023, interim data from an updated analysis of the ongoing Phase 1/2 trial of ARV-766 (data cut-off August 23, 2023), demonstrated broad signals of efficacy and favorable tolerability in mCRPC patients with tumors harboring any AR LBD mutations, including AR L702H. The data showed a PSA50 of 41% amongst 17 patients with tumors harboring any AR LBD mutation and a PSA 50 of 50% in patients with any tumor harboring an AR L702H mutation. ARV-766 was well-tolerated in data across 84 patients who were treated as of the last data cut-off, with no grade > 4 TRAEs. The most common TRAEs were grade 1 or 2 and included fatigue (29%), nausea (14%), vomiting (11%), and diarrhea (11%). The discontinuation rate due to TRAEs was 4%.

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Based on signs of superior tolerability and efficacy of ARV-766 in clinical settings to date as compared to bavdegalutamide (ARV-110), early in the fourth quarter of 2023, we determined to prioritize the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial with ARV-766 in mCRPC instead of the previously planned Phase 3 clinical trial for bavdegalutamide and expect to initiate discussions with regulatory authorities to align on the Phase 3 program for this Phase 3 clinical trial by the second quarter of 2024. We expect to continue enrollment of the Phase 2 dose expansion trial with ARV-766, with progression free survival, or PFS, data anticipated in mid-2024. We also initiated a Phase 1b/2 trial for ARV-766 in combination with abiraterone in patients with AR-dependent tumors who have not previously received NHAs in the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) is an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader designed to target and degrade the AR for the treatment of men with mCRPC.

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In preclinical studies, bavdegalutamide demonstrated activity of AR mutation or overexpression, both common mechanisms of resistance to currently available AR-targeted therapies. In 2019, we initiated a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of bavdegalutamide designed to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of bavdegalutamide and which trial also included measures of anti-tumor activity as secondary endpoints, including reduction in prostate specific antigen, or PSA, a well-recognized biomarker of prostate cancer progression.

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In the third quarter of 2023 we completed enrollment in the Phase 1b combination trial of bavdegalutamide and abiraterone.

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In the fourth quarter of 2023, we presented interim data at ESMO from the Phase 1/2 trial with bavdegalutamide (data cut-off date August 11, 2023). In a post-NHA (median prior therapies = 4) mCRPC population, bavdegalutamide at the recommend Phase 2 dose (420 mg, oral, once daily) demonstrated:

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•Median radiographic progression free survival, or rPFS of 11.1 months in patients harboring AR 878/875 mutations (n=26) and median rPFS of 8.2 months in patients with tumors harboring any AR LBD mutation except L702H alone (n=45)

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◦In patients with any tumor harboring an AR L702H mutation the PSA50 was 8%

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•Bavdegalutamide had a manageable tolerability profile with no grade > 4 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs). The most common TRAEs were nausea (56%), fatigue (35%), vomiting (33%), decreased appetite (25%) and diarrhea (24%). The discontinuation rate due to TRAEs was 12%.

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Each of vepdegestrant (ARV-471), ARV-766 and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) has demonstrated potent and selective protein degradation in our preclinical studies. We believe favorable clinical trial results in these initial oncology programs could provide validation of our platform as a new therapeutic modality for the potential treatment of diseases caused by dysregulated intracellular proteins regardless of therapeutic area. While we have determined to prioritize the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial with ARV-766 in mCRPC instead of the previously planned Phase 3 clinical trial for bavdegalutamide, we expect to continue ongoing trial activities with bavdegalutamide (ARV-110-101 and ARV-110-103) as planned.

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We also presented preclinical data at the CHDI Foundation’s Annual Huntington’s Disease Therapeutics Conference showing our PROTAC degraders potently and selectively degraded soluble mutant huntingtin (mHTT) in multiple cellular readouts, including rodent neurons, while sparing wild-type HTT.

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In the fourth quarter of 2023, the FDA and the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, respectively, cleared our investigational new drug application, or IND, for ARV-393, a PROTAC degrader designed to target the BCL6 protein, and our clinical trial application, or CTA, for ARV-102, a PROTAC degrader designed to target the LRRK2 protein. We initiated the first in-human Phase 1 clinical trial for ARV-102 in the first quarter of 2024, and we plan to initiate first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial for ARV-393 in the first half of 2024.

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We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases through the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies that degrade disease-causing proteins. We use our PROTAC Discovery Engine, our proprietary technology platform to engineer proteolysis targeting chimeras, or PROTAC targeted protein degraders, that are designed to harness the body’s own natural protein disposal system to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease-causing proteins. We believe that our targeted protein degradation approach is a therapeutic modality that may provide distinct advantages over existing modalities, including traditional small molecule therapies and gene-based medicines. We have a robust preclinical pipeline of PROTAC protein degraders targeting a broad range of intracellular disease targets, including those representing proteins that currently cannot be addressed by existing small molecule therapies, commonly referred to as “undruggable” targets. We are using our PROTAC Discovery Engine to build an extensive pipeline of protein degradation product candidates to target diseases in areas of unmet need, including oncology (including immuno-oncology), neuroscience and other therapeutic areas. We and our collaborators have initiated programs across multiple therapeutic areas with the goal of developing and delivering life-changing therapies to patients in need. We have three investigational clinical stage programs: Vepdegestrant (ARV-471), a novel PROTAC estrogen receptor, or ER, protein degrader for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER positive / human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, or HER2, negative, or ER+/HER2-, breast cancer and ARV-766 and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110), each an oral PROTAC protein degrader that targets the androgen receptor protein, or AR, for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, or mCRPC. We also have two preclinical product candidates: ARV-393, a PROTAC degrader designed to target the BCL6 protein, and ARV-102, a PROTAC degrader designed to target the LRRK2 protein. In addition to the programs above and our early-stage collaborations with Pfizer, Inc., or Pfizer, Genentech, Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, collectively referred to as Genentech, and Bayer AG, or Bayer (each of which are discussed below), we are conducting exploratory research and development work on multiple other undisclosed targets.

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We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases. Through our PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera, or PROTAC, Discovery Engine, our technology platform to engineer proteolysis-targeting chimeras, or PROTAC targeted protein degraders, we are pioneering the development of protein degradation therapies designed to harness the body’s own natural protein disposal system to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease-causing proteins. We believe that our targeted protein degradation approach is a therapeutic modality that may provide distinct advantages over existing modalities, including traditional small molecule therapies and gene-based medicines. We have a robust preclinical pipeline of PROTAC protein degraders targeting a broad range of intracellular disease targets, including those representing proteins that currently cannot be addressed by existing small molecule therapies, commonly referred to as “undruggable” targets. We are using our PROTAC Discovery Engine to build an extensive pipeline of protein degradation product candidates to target diseases in areas of unmet need, including oncology (including hematology and immuno-oncology), neuroscience, and other therapeutic areas. We and our collaborators have initiated programs across multiple therapeutic areas with the goal of developing and delivering life-changing therapies to patients in need. We are currently progressing multiple product candidates through clinical development programs, including vepdegestrant, targeting the estrogen receptor, or ER, for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic ER positive / human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, or HER2, negative, or ER+/HER2-, breast cancer; ARV-393, targeting the B-cell lymphoma 6, or BCL6, protein for the treatment of relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, or NHL; and ARV-102, targeting the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2, or LRRK2, protein for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. We also have programs in preclinical development, including our Kirsten rat sarcoma, or KRAS, G12D program.

Previous wording

Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) is an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader designed to target and degrade the ER for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. We are co-developing vepdegestrant with Pfizer, Inc., or Pfizer, pursuant to a collaboration agreement that we and Pfizer entered into in July 2021. We granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize vepdegestrant.

Current wording

Vepdegestrant is an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader designed to target and degrade the ER for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. We are co-developing vepdegestrant with Pfizer pursuant to a collaboration agreement that we and Pfizer entered into in July 2021. We granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize vepdegestrant.

Previous wording

•TACTIVE-K, a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of vepdegestrant in combination with Pfizer's CDK4 inhibitor (PF-07220060), for which we are currently enrolling patients.

Current wording

•TACTIVE-K, a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of vepdegestrant in combination with Pfizer's CDK4, inhibitor, atirmociclib (PF-07220060), for which we are currently enrolling patients globally;

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•TACTIVE-N, a Phase 2 clinical trial of vepdegestrant as a monotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting, to inform a potential adjuvant trial, for which enrollment of patients is complete;

Current wording

•TACTIVE-N, a Phase 2 clinical trial of vepdegestrant as a monotherapy in the neoadjuvant breast cancer setting, for which we completed enrollment of patients in the first quarter of 2024;

Previous wording

•TACTIVE-U, a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of vepdegestrant in combination with multiple targeted therapies including abemaciclib, ribociclib and Carrick Therapeutics, Inc.'s, or Carrick, CDK7 inhibitor, samuraciclib, for which we are currently enrolling patients;

Current wording

•TACTIVE-U, Phase 1b/2 clinical trials of vepdegestrant in combination with multiple targeted therapies including abemaciclib, ribociclib or Carrick Therapeutics, Inc.'s, or Carrick, cyclin-dependent kinase 7, or CDK7 inhibitor, samuraciclib, for which we have completed enrollment for the abemaciclib trial and are currently enrolling patients globally for the ribociclib and samuraciclib trials; and

Previous wording

•TACTIVE-E, a Phase 1 clinical trial of vepdegestrant in combination with everolimus, for which we are currently enrolling patients, for which enrollment of patients is complete; and

Current wording

•TACTIVE-E, a Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating vepdegestrant in combination with everolimus in metastatic breast cancer patients, for which enrollment of patients is complete.

Previous wording

Additional detail regarding each of these trials is included below and in Part I, Item 1. Business of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Current wording

Additional detail regarding each of these trials, the I-SPY-2 trial and certain other vepdegestrant trials, is included in Part I, Item 1. Business of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Previous wording

In the first quarter of 2023, we and Pfizer gained alignment with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, on an approach for VERITAC-3 and in the second quarter of 2023, we, along with Pfizer, initiated the study-lead in of the VERITAC-3 Phase 3 clinical trial in combination with palbociclib as a first-line treatment in patients with ER+/HER2- locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Moving forward, we expect to continue enrollment in the study-lead in of the VERITAC-3 Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the dose of palbociclib (100 mg or 75 mg) in combination with 200 mg of vepdegestrant once daily. The objective of this trial is to select a dose of palbociclib (100 mg or 75 mg) that, when dosed with 200 mg of vepdegestrant, results in a similar exposure and safety profile as palbociclib 125 mg in combination with aromatase inhibitors. This approach follows the analysis of data from the ongoing Phase 1b/2 ARV-471-mBC-101 combination trial of vepdegestrant with palbociclib, in which an increase in palbociclib exposure was observed relative to historical palbociclib pharmacokinetic data.

Current wording

With the prioritization of the vepdegestrant plus atirmociclib combination for the first-line setting, VERITAC-3, a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating vepdegestrant plus IBRANCE® (palbociclib) in the first-line setting, will not proceed beyond the study lead-in. We and Pfizer had previously gained alignment with the FDA on an approach for VERITAC-3 in the first quarter of 2023, and in the second quarter of 2023, we, along with Pfizer, initiated the study-lead in of the VERITAC-3 Phase 3 clinical trial in combination with palbociclib as a first-line treatment in patients with ER+/HER2- locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. We completed enrollment of patients in the study lead-in of VERITAC-3 in the second quarter of 2024. The decision to prioritize vepdegestrant in combination with atirmociclib in the first-line setting was based on the totality of evidence from the ongoing Phase 1b/2 TACTIVE-K combination clinical trial evaluating vepdegestrant in combination with atirmociclib in the late-line setting and our trials evaluating vepdegestrant in combination with palbociclib.

Previous wording

In the second quarter of 2023, we presentedin vivo andin vitro data at the AARC-Targeting RAS Special Conference demonstrating our KRAS G12D PROTAC degraders are potent, selective and led to tumor stasis in mouse xenograft model with intermittent dosing and degradation of KRAS G12D provides an advantage versus inhibition inin vitro andin vivo. Our KRAS G12D-targeted PROTAC degrader is currently in IND-enabling studies.

Current wording

KRAS is a driver oncogene in several major tumor types and is associated with poor prognosis and resistance to standards of care. Preclinically, our degrader is a highly selective and potent molecule that demonstrates dose-responsive degradation of KRAS G12D, leading to robust antitumor activity in KRAS G12D mutated cancers including pancreatic and colorectal cancers. In the second quarter of 2023, we presentedin vivo andin vitro data at the AACR - Targeting RAS Special Conference that demonstrated that our PROTAC KRAS G12D degraders were potent, selective and led to tumor stasis in a mouse xenograft model with intermittent dosing and degradation of KRAS G12D provides an advantage versus inhibitionin vitro and in vivo. Our degrader is designed to eliminate, rather than inhibit, KRAS G12D, and preclinically it was 30-fold more potent than an inhibitorin vitro and provided additional aspects of differential biology contributing to its potent and broad antitumor effect in vivo. Our KRAS G12D program is currently in preclinical development and we anticipate filing an Investigational New Drug application for our PROTAC KRAS G12D degrader in 2025.

Previous wording

We commenced operations in 2013. Our operations to date have been limited to organizing and staffing our company, business planning, raising capital, conducting discovery and research activities, filing patent applications, identifying potential product candidates, undertaking preclinical studies and clinical trials and establishing arrangements with third parties for the manufacture of initial quantities of our product candidates. To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales and have financed our operations primarily through sales of our equity interests, proceeds from our collaborations, grant funding and debt financing. Since inception through December 31, 2023, we raised approximately $1.7 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of equity instruments and the exercise of stock options, and had received an aggregate of $783.0 million in payments primarily from collaboration partners.

Current wording

We commenced operations in 2013. Our operations to date have been limited to organizing and staffing our company, business planning, raising capital, conducting discovery and research activities, filing patent applications, identifying potential product candidates, undertaking preclinical studies and clinical trials, establishing arrangements with third parties for collaborations and for the manufacture of initial quantities of our product candidates and preparing for commercialization, including by beginning to build a commercial infrastructure. To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales and have financed our operations primarily through sales of assets and equity interests, proceeds from collaborations and a licensing arrangement, grant funding and debt financing. Since inception through December 31, 2024, we raised approximately $1.7 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of assets and equity interests and the exercise of stock options, and had received an aggregate of $913.0 million in payments primarily from collaboration partners and a licensing arrangement.

Previous wording

We are a clinical-stage company. Vepdegestrant (ARV-471), ARV-766 and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) are each in clinical development and we are planning to initiate clinical development for ARV-393 and ARV-102, Our other drug discovery activities are at the research and preclinical development stages. Our ability to generate revenue from product sales sufficient to achieve profitability will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of one or more of our product candidates. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses and expect to incur increasing operating losses for at least the next several years due to costs associated with our ongoing and anticipated preclinical and clinical activities for vepdegestrant (ARV-471), ARV-766, and ARV-393, ongoing clinical activities for bavdegalutamide, ARV-102 development activities, research activities in oncology, neurological and other disease areas to expand our pipeline, hiring additional personnel in research, clinical trials, quality and other functional areas, increased expenses incurred with CMOs to supply us with product for our preclinical and clinical studies and CROs for the synthesis of compounds in our preclinical development activities, as well as other associated costs including the management of our intellectual property portfolio.

Current wording

We are a clinical-stage company, with product candidates in clinical development and other drug discovery activities in the research and preclinical development stages. Our ability to generate revenue from product sales sufficient to achieve profitability will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of one or more of our product candidates. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses and expect to incur increasing operating losses for at least the next several years due to costs associated with our ongoing and anticipated preclinical and clinical activities, development activities, research activities in oncology, neurological and other disease areas to expand our pipeline, hiring additional personnel in research, clinical trials, quality and other functional areas, including general and administrative, sales and commercial as we move towards potential commercialization, increased expenses incurred with CMOs to supply us with product for our preclinical and clinical studies and expenses incurred with contract research organizations, or CROs, for the synthesis of compounds in our preclinical development activities, as well as other associated costs including those related to partnering with us on our clinical trial portfolio and the management of our intellectual property portfolio.

Previous wording

We do not expect to generate revenue from sales of any product for many years, if ever. Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research or product development programs or any future commercialization efforts, or to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.

Current wording

We do not expect to generate any revenue from product sales in the near future, if ever. Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research or product development programs or any future commercialization efforts, or to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.

Previous wording

To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales and do not expect to generate any revenue from the sale of products in the foreseeable future. Our revenues to date have been generated through research collaboration and license agreements. Revenue is recognized ratably over our expected performance period under each agreement. We expect that any revenue for the next several years will be derived primarily from our current collaboration agreements and any additional collaborations that we may enter into in the future. To date, we have not received any sales-based milestone payments or royalties under any of the collaboration agreements.

Current wording

To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales and do not expect to generate any revenue from the sale of products in the foreseeable future. Our revenues to date have been generated through research collaborations, a licensing arrangement and an asset sale. Revenue is recognized ratably over our expected performance period under each agreement. We expect that any revenue recognized in the near term will be derived primarily from our current collaboration agreements and licensing arrangement and any additional arrangements that we may enter into in the future. To date, we have not received any development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments or royalties under any of the collaboration agreements or licensing arrangement.

Previous wording

In July 2021, we entered into the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer, pursuant to which we granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize products containing our proprietary compound vepdegestrant (ARV-471), or the Licensed Products.

Current wording

In July 2021, we entered into the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer, pursuant to which we granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize products containing our proprietary compound vepdegestrant (ARV-471), or the Licensed Products.

Previous wording

Under the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, we received an upfront, non-refundable payment of $650 million. In addition, we are eligible to receive up to an additional $1.4 billion in contingent payments based on specified regulatory and sales-based milestones for the Licensed Products. Of the total contingent payments, $400 million in regulatory milestones are related to marketing approvals and $1.0 billion are related to sales-based milestones.

Current wording

Under the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement, we received an upfront, non-refundable payment of $650 million. In addition, we are eligible to receive up to an additional $1.4 billion in contingent payments based on specified regulatory and sales-based milestones for the Licensed Products. Of the total contingent payments, $400 million in regulatory milestones are related to marketing approvals and $1.0 billion are related to sales-based milestones.

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We will be the marketing authorization holder and, subject to marketing approval, book sales in the United States, while Pfizer will hold marketing authorizations outside the United States. We will determine with Pfizer which, if any, regions within the world will be solely commercialized by one party, and in such region the parties will adjust their share of all profits and losses for the Licensed Products based on the role each party will be performing.

Current wording

We will be the marketing authorization applicant and, subject to approval, can book sales in the United States, while Pfizer will hold marketing authorizations outside the United States. We will determine with Pfizer which, if any, regions within the world will be solely commercialized by one party, and in such region the parties will adjust their share of all profits and losses for the Licensed Products based on the role each party will be performing.

Previous wording

Unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms, the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement will expire on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis when such Licensed Products are no longer commercialized or developed for commercialization in such country. Pfizer may terminate the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement for convenience in its entirety or on a region-by-region basis subject to certain notice periods. Either party may terminate the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement for the other party’s uncured material breach or insolvency. Subject to applicable terms of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, including certain payments to Pfizer upon termination for our uncured material breach, effective upon termination of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, we are entitled to retain specified licenses to be able to continue to exploit the Licensed Products.

Current wording

Unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms, the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement will expire on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis when such Licensed Products are no longer commercialized or developed for commercialization in such country. Pfizer may terminate the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement for convenience in its entirety or on a region-by-region basis subject to certain notice periods. Either party may terminate the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement for the other party’s uncured material breach or insolvency. Subject to applicable terms of the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement, including certain payments to Pfizer upon termination for our uncured material breach, effective upon termination of the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471)

Previous wording

Subject to specified exceptions, we and Pfizer have each agreed not to directly or indirectly research, develop, or commercialize any competing products outside of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement anywhere in the world during the term of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement.

Current wording

Subject to specified exceptions, we and Pfizer have each agreed not to directly or indirectly research, develop, or commercialize any competing products outside of the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement anywhere in the world during the term of the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement.

Previous wording

In the year ended December 31, 2018, we received an upfront, non-refundable payment and certain additional payments totaling $28.0 million in exchange for use of the technology license and to fund Pfizer-related research, as defined within the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. We are eligible to receive up to an additional $37.5 million in non-refundable option payments if Pfizer exercises its options for all targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. We are also entitled to receive up to $225.0 million in development milestone payments and up to $550.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement, as well as mid- to high-single digit tiered royalties, which may be subject to reductions, on net sales of PROTAC targeted protein degrader-related products. In 2021 and 2020, we received payments totaling$1.2 million and $4.4 million, respectively. Pfizer selected additional targets and initiated additional services totaling $1.0 million and $3.5 million in December 2022 and 2021, respectively, which were included in accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Current wording

In the year ended December 31, 2018, we received an upfront, non-refundable payment and certain additional payments totaling $28.0 million in exchange for use of the technology license and to fund Pfizer-related research, as defined within the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. We are eligible to receive up to an additional $37.5 million in non-refundable option payments if Pfizer exercises its options for all targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. We are also entitled to receive up to $225.0 million in development milestone payments and up to $550.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement, as well as mid- to high-single digit tiered royalties, which may be subject to reductions, on net sales of PROTAC targeted protein degrader-related products. In 2021 and 2020, we received payments totaling $1.2 million and $4.4 million, respectively. Pfizer selected additional targets and initiated additional services totaling $1.0 million and $3.5 million in December 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Previous wording

Under the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we and Bayer conduct a research program pursuant to separate research plans mutually agreed to by us and Bayer and tailored to each Target selected by Bayer. Bayer may make substitutions for any such initial Target candidates, subject to certain conditions and based on the stage of research for such Target. During the term of the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we are not permitted, either directly or indirectly, to design, identify, discover or develop any small molecule pharmacologically-active agent whose primary mechanism of action is, by design, directed to the inhibition or degradation of any Target selected or reserved by Bayer, or grant any license, covenant not to sue or other right to any third party in the field of human disease under the licensed intellectual property for the conduct of such activities.

Current wording

Under the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we and Bayer conducted a research program pursuant to separate research plans mutually agreed to by us and Bayer and tailored to each Target selected by Bayer. During the term of the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we were not permitted, either directly or indirectly, to design, identify, discover or develop any small molecule pharmacologically-active agent whose primary mechanism of action is, by design, directed to the inhibition or degradation of any Target selected or reserved by Bayer, or grant any license, covenant not to sue or other right to any third party in the field of human disease under the licensed intellectual property for the conduct of such activities.

Previous wording

Under the terms of the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we received an aggregate upfront, non-refundable payment of $17.5 million and an additional $12.0 million in research funding payments from inception through December 31, 2023. We are also eligible to receive up to $197.5 million in development milestone payments and up to $490.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated Targets. In addition, we are eligible to receive, on net sales of PROTAC targeted protein degrader-related products, mid-single digit to low-double digit tiered royalties, which may be subject to reductions.

Current wording

Under the terms of the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we received an aggregate upfront, non-refundable payment of $17.5 million and an additional $12.0 million in aggregate from inception through 2023. We were also eligible to receive up to $197.5 million in development milestone payments and up to $490.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated Targets. In addition, we were eligible to receive, on net sales of PROTAC targeted protein degrader-related products, mid-single digit to low-double digit tiered royalties, which were subject to reductions.

Previous wording

In September 2015, we entered into an Option and License Agreement with Genentech, focused on PROTAC targeted protein degrader discovery and research for target proteins, or Targets, based on our proprietary platform technology, other than excluded Targets as described below. This collaboration was expanded in November 2017 through an Amended and Restated Option, License and Collaboration Agreement, which we refer to as the Restated Genentech Agreement.

Current wording

In September 2015, we entered into an Option and License Agreement with Genentech, focused on PROTAC targeted protein degrader discovery and research for target proteins, or Targets, based on our proprietary platform technology, other than excluded Targets as described below. Pursuant to this agreement, Genentech has an option to obtain an exclusive worldwide license to the applicable PROTAC targeted protein degraders directed against an applicable Target, which we refer to as Licensed PROTACs. Each such option must be exercised within a specified time after we deliver the data package for such Licensed PROTAC to Genentech. Once Genentech exercises an option, it is responsible, at its cost, to use diligent efforts to develop and commercialize the Licensed PROTAC through first commercial sale in the United States, the European Union and Japan. This collaboration was expanded in November 2017 through an Amended and Restated Option, License and Collaboration Agreement, which we refer to as the Restated Genentech Agreement. Simultaneous with entering into the Restated Genentech Agreement, Genentech exercised its exclusive option with respect to a PROTAC targeted protein degrader. We receive annual updates on research and development activities related to this option.

Previous wording

Under the Restated Genentech Agreement, Genentech has the right to designate up to ten Targets for further discovery and research utilizing our PROTAC platform technology. Genentech may designate as a Target any protein to which a PROTAC targeted protein degrader, by design, binds to achieve its mechanism of action, subject to certain exclusions. Genentech also has the right to remove a Target from the collaboration and substitute a different Target that is not an excluded Target at any time prior to us commencing research on such Target or in certain circumstances following commencement of research by us.

Current wording

Under the Restated Genentech Agreement, Genentech had the right to designate up to ten Targets for further discovery and research utilizing our PROTAC platform technology and also had the right to remove a Target from the collaboration and substitute a different Target that is not an excluded Target at any time prior to us commencing research on such Target or in certain circumstances following commencement of research by us. The research phase of the collaboration with Genentech has ended. Genentech is no longer able to nominate new targets into the collaboration, and there are no active targets in the collaboration for which Arvinas was conducting research activities.

Previous wording

At the time we entered into the original agreement with Genentech, we received an upfront payment of $11.0 million, and, at the time we entered into the Restated Genentech Agreement, we received an additional $34.5 million in upfront and expansion target payments. We are eligible to receive up to an aggregate of $27.5 million in additional expansion target payments if Genentech exercises its options for all remaining Targets. We are also eligible to receive payments aggregating up to $44.0 million per Target upon the achievement of specified development milestones; payments aggregating up to $52.5 million per Target (assuming approval of two indications) subject to the achievement of specified regulatory milestones; and payments aggregating up to $60.0 million per PROTAC targeted protein degrader directed against the applicable Target, subject to the achievement of specified sales milestones. These milestone payments are subject to reduction if we do not have a valid patent claim covering the licensed PROTAC targeted protein degrader at the time the milestone is achieved. We are also eligible to receive, on net sales of licensed PROTAC targeted protein degraders, mid-single digit royalties, which may be subject to reductions.

Current wording

At the time we entered into the original agreement with Genentech, we received an upfront payment of $11.0 million, and, at the time we entered into the Restated Genentech Agreement, we received an additional $34.5 million in upfront and expansion target payments. We are eligible to receive payments aggregating up to $44.0 million per Target upon the achievement of specified development milestones; payments aggregating up to $52.5 million per Target (assuming approval of two indications) subject to the achievement of specified regulatory milestones; and payments aggregating up to $60.0 million per PROTAC targeted protein degrader directed against the applicable Target, subject to the achievement of specified sales milestones. These milestone payments are subject to reduction if we do not have a valid patent claim covering the licensed PROTAC targeted protein degrader at the time the milestone is achieved. We are also eligible to receive, on net sales of licensed PROTAC targeted protein degraders, mid-single digit royalties, which may be subject to reductions.

Previous wording

•salaries, benefits and other related costs, including travel and stock-based compensation expense, for personnel engaged in research and development functions;

Current wording

•employee related expenses, including salaries, benefits, stock-based compensation expense and travel, for personnel engaged in research and development functions;

Previous wording

•expenses incurred under agreements with third parties, including CROs and other third parties that conduct research and preclinical activities on our behalf as well as third parties that manufacture our product candidates for use in our preclinical studies and clinical trials;

Current wording

•expenses incurred under agreements with third parties, including CROs and other third parties that conduct research, preclinical and clinical activities on our behalf as well as third parties that manufacture our product candidates for use in our preclinical studies and clinical trials;

Previous wording

We typically use our employee and infrastructure resources across our development programs, and as such, do not track all of our internal research and development expenses on a program-by-program basis. The following table summarizes our research and development expenses for our AR program, which includes ARV-766 and bavdegalutamide (ARV-110), ER program, which includes vepdegestrant (ARV-471), and all other platform and exploratory research and development costs:

Current wording

We typically use our employee and infrastructure resources across our development programs, and as such, do not track all of our internal research and development expenses on a program-by-program basis. The following table summarizes our research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022:

Previous wording

Research and development activities are central to our business model. We expect that our research and development expenses will continue to increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we continue to conduct our ongoing clinical trials for vepdegestrant (ARV-471), ARV-766 and the initiation of clinical trials for ARV-393 and ARV-102, and continue to discover and develop additional product candidates. Research and development expenses related to vepdegestrant (ARV-471) are shared equally with Pfizer from July 22, 2021, the effective date of the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement. The ER program development costs in the table above reflect the cost sharing with Pfizer.

Current wording

Research and development activities are central to our business model. We expect that our research and development expenses will continue to increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we continue to conduct our ongoing clinical trials of vepdegestrant, ARV-102 and ARV-393 and continue to discover and develop additional product candidates. Research and development expenses related to vepdegestrant are shared equally with Pfizer since July 22, 2021, the effective date of the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement. We may receive reimbursement from, or make payments to, Pfizer to satisfy the cost sharing requirements. These payments are accounted for pursuant to ASC 808, Collaborative Arrangements, which are recorded as an offset or an increase to research and development expenses.

Previous wording

We cannot determine with certainty the duration and costs of future clinical trials of vepdegestrant, ARV-766, ARV-393, ARV-102 or unexpected costs of ongoing clinical trails for bavdegalutamide, or any other product candidate we may develop or if, when, or to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of any product candidate for which we obtain marketing approval. We may never succeed in obtaining marketing approval for any product candidate. The successful development and commercialization of our product candidates is highly uncertain. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing drugs, including the uncertainty of:

Current wording

We cannot determine with certainty the duration and costs of ongoing and future clinical trials of vepdegestrant, ARV-102 and ARV-393 or unexpected costs of ongoing clinical trials for bavdegalutamide, or any other product candidate we may develop or if, when, or to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of any product candidate for which we obtain marketing approval. We may never succeed in obtaining marketing approval for any product candidate. The successful development and commercialization of our product candidates is highly uncertain. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing drugs, including the uncertainty of:

Previous wording

•making arrangements with third-party manufacturers, or establishing manufacturing capabilities, for both clinical and commercial supplies of our product candidates;

Current wording

•making or maintaining arrangements with third-party manufacturers, or establishing manufacturing capabilities, for both clinical and commercial supplies of our product candidates;

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As of December 31, 2023, wehad $235.9 million of federal net operating loss carryforwards which may be carried forward indefinitely, but the deductibility of such carryforwards is limited to 80% of our taxable income in the year in which carryforwards are used, $250.0 million of state and local net operating loss carryforwards which expire at various dates beginning in 2035, $29.1 million of federal tax credit carryforwards and $18.7 million of state tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2023 which expire at various dates beginning in 2040.

Current wording

As of December 31, 2024, wehad $111.0 million of federal net operating loss carryforwards, all of which may be carried forward indefinitely, but the deductibility of such carryforwards is limited to 80% of our taxable income in the year in which carryforwards are used, $129.0 million of state and local net operating loss carryforwards which expire at various dates beginning in 2035, $37.7 million of federal tax credit carryforwards and $22.4 million of state tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2024 which expire at various dates beginning in 2040.

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We recognize revenue under Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Our revenue is generated through research collaboration and license agreements with pharmaceutical partners. The terms of these agreements contain multiple goods and services which may include (i) licenses, (ii) research and development activities and (iii) participation in joint research and development steering committees. The terms of these agreements may include non-refundable, upfront license or option fees, payments for research and development activities, payments upon the achievement of certain milestones and royalty payments based on product sales derived from the collaboration. Under ASC 606, we evaluate whether the license agreement, research and development services and participation in research and development steering committees represent separate or combined performance obligations. We have determined that these services within our existing contracts represent combined single performance obligations.

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We recognize revenue under Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Our revenue is primarily generated through research collaboration and license agreements with pharmaceutical partners. The terms of these agreements contain multiple goods and services which may include (i) licenses, (ii) research and development activities and (iii) participation in joint research and development steering committees. The terms of these agreements may include non-refundable, upfront license or option fees, payments for research and development activities, payments upon the achievement of certain milestones and royalty payments based on product sales derived from the collaboration. Under ASC 606, we evaluate whether the license agreement, research and development services and participation in research and development steering committees represent separate or combined performance obligations. We have determined that these services within our existing contracts represent combined single performance obligations. We also generated revenue through the sale of assets based on fair value.

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Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023 totaled $78.5 million, compared with $131.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease of $52.9 million was primarily due to adjustments to revenue from changes in contract estimates related to our Pfizer ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement and Bayer Collaboration Agreement, net of current year revenues, totaling $39.7 million, a decrease in revenue recognized from our Genentech License Agreement of $5.1 million and a decrease of $8.1 million in previously constrained deferred revenue recognized in 2023 related to our Oerth Bio joint venture.

Current wording

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024 totaled $263.4 million, compared with $78.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase of $184.9 million was primarily due to revenue from the Novartis License Agreement and the Novartis Asset Agreement of $162.4 million, an increase in revenue from the Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer totaling $21.7 million due in part to adjustments to revenue from changes in contract estimates in 2023 and year over year increases in revenue of $2.8 million and $2.2 million from the Bayer Collaboration Agreement and the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement, respectively, primarily due to changes in estimates in 2023 of the performance period duration under the agreements resulting from updated research timelines, offset by a decrease of $2.5 million of previously constrained deferred revenue related to our Oerth Bio joint venture, and a decrease of $1.8 million of revenue under the Restated Genentech Agreement as the performance period concluded during the first quarter of 2023.

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General and administrative expenses totaled $100.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared with $79.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase of $20.7 million was primarily due to increased spending in personnel and infrastructure related costs of $11.5 million, an increase in professional fees of $6.3 million and increases related to establishing our commercial operations of $3.5 million, offset in part by reduced insurance costs of $1.0 million.

Current wording

General and administrative expenses totaled $165.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared with $100.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase of $65.1 million was primarily due to a loss on the termination of our laboratory and office space lease with 101 College Street LLC in August 2024 of $43.4 million as well as increased spending in personnel and infrastructure related costs of $9.0 million, an increase in professional fees of $8.1 million and costs related to developing our commercial operations of $4.2 million.

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Other income totaled $37.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared with $12.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase of $25.4 million was primarily due to higher interest income of $26.8 million from marketable securities and money market accounts, offset in part by $0.5 million of higher year-over-year realized losses. In addition, the elimination of refundable research and development credits from the State of Connecticut reduced other income by $0.7 million.

Current wording

Other income totaled $51.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared with $37.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase of $14.3 million was primarily due to higher interest income of $16.1 million from marketable securities and money market accounts, partially offset by a loss on the disposal of fixed assets of $2.4 million related to the termination of our laboratory and office space lease with 101 College Street LLC in August 2024.

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Loss from equity method investment totaled$2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared with$10.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease of $8.1 million was due to fully recognizing the remaining constrained revenue and the related equity method losses during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Current wording

Loss from equity method investment totaled zero for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared with$2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease of $2.5 million was due to fully recognizing the remaining constrained revenue and the related equity method losses during the year ended December 31, 2023.

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We do not currently have any approved products and have never generated any revenue from product sales. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through the sale of equity interests and through payments from collaboration partners, grant funding and loans from the State of Connecticut. Since inception through December 31, 2023, we had received an aggregate of $783.0 million in payments from collaboration partners, grant funding and forgivable and partially forgivable loans from the State of Connecticut and raised approximately $1.7 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of equity interests and the exercise of stock options, including:

Current wording

We do not currently have any approved products and have never generated any revenue from product sales. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through sales of assets and equity interests, proceeds from collaborations and a licensing arrangement, grant funding and debt financing. Since inception through December 31, 2024, we had received an aggregate of $913.0 million in payments from collaboration partners and a licensing arrangement, grant funding and forgivable and partially forgivable loans from the State of Connecticut and raised approximately $1.7 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of assets and equity interests and the exercise of stock options, including:

Previous wording

•October 2018: completion of our initial public offering in which we issued and sold 7,700,482 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $123.2 million, before fees and expenses;

Current wording

•October 2018: completion of our initial public offering in which we issued and sold an aggregate of 7,700,482 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $123.2 million, before fees and expenses;

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•August 2023: sale of 1,449,275 shares of common stock in an “at-the-market" offering for aggregate gross proceeds of $37.2 million before fees and expenses; and

Current wording

•August 2023: sale of 1,449,275 shares of common stock in an “at-the-market" offering for aggregate gross proceeds of $37.2 million before fees and expenses;

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In addition to the programs above and our early-stage collaborations, including with Pfizer, Inc., or Pfizer, and Genentech, Inc. and F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., or Genentech, we are conducting exploratory research and development work on multiple other undisclosed targets.

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Collaboration Agreement, we are entitled to retain specified licenses to be able to continue to exploit the Licensed Products.

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•ultimately establish a sales, marketing, market access, and distribution infrastructure and capabilities and launch commercial sales of our products, if and when approved, whether alone or in collaboration with others;

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•make or maintain arrangements with third-party manufacturers, or establish manufacturing capabilities, for both clinical and commercial supplies of our product candidates;

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In June 2018, we entered into an additional Assistance Agreement with the State of Connecticut, or the 2018 Assistance Agreement, to provide funding for the expansion and renovation of laboratory and office space. We borrowed $2.0 million under the 2018 Assistance Agreement in September 2018, of which $1.0 million was forgiven upon meeting certain employment conditions. Borrowings under the agreement bear an interest rate of
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•Study lead-in of VERITAC-3, a Phase 3 first-line clinical trial of vepdegestrant in combination with IBRANCE® (palbociclib), for which we are currently enrolling patients;

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•initiate Phase 1 trials for ARV-393, our PROTAC protein degrader designed to target the BCL6 protein, and ARV-102, our PROTAC degrader designed to target the LRRK2 protein;

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•our ability to establish additional collaboration arrangements with other biotechnology; or