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LICENSE AGREEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
License Agreement [Abstract]  
License Agreement Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE 7 – LICENSE AGREEMENTS
 
Anti-PD-L1 and anti-GITR
 
On March 3, 2015, we entered into a Global Collaboration Agreement (the “Collaboration”) with Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (“Checkpoint”), a subsidiary of Fortress Biotech, Inc. (“Fortress”), a related party, for the development and commercialization of Checkpoint’s anti-PD-L1 and anti-GITR antibody research programs in the field of hematological malignancies. Checkpoint retains the rights to develop and commercialize these antibodies in solid tumors.
 
Under the terms of the Collaboration, we made an up-front payment of $0.5 million, will make development and sales-based milestone payments up to an aggregate of $164 million, and will pay a tiered single digit royalty on net sales. The royalty term will terminate on a country by country basis upon the later of (i) ten years after the first commercial sale of any applicable licensed product in such country, or (ii) the expiration of the last-to-expire patent held by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute containing a valid claim to any licensed product in such country.
 
 Michael Weiss, our Executive Chairman, Interim CEO and President is also the Executive Vice Chairman of Fortress and the Executive Chairman of Checkpoint (See Note 8).
 
TG-1101
 
In November 2012, we entered into an exclusive (within the territory) sublicense agreement with Ildong relating to the development and commercialization of TG-1101 in South Korea and Southeast Asia. Under the terms of the sublicense agreement, Ildong has been granted a royalty bearing, exclusive right, including the right to grant sublicenses, to develop and commercialize TG-1101 in South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
 
An upfront payment of $2.0 million, which was received in December 2012, net of $0.3 million of income tax withholdings, is being recognized as license revenue on a straight-line basis over the life of the agreement, which is through the expiration of the last licensed patent right or 15 years after the first commercial sale of a product in such country, unless the agreement is earlier terminated, and represents the estimated period over which we will have certain ongoing responsibilities under the sublicense agreement. We recorded license revenue of approximately $0.1 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 and, at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, have deferred revenue of approximately $1.6 million and $1.7 million, respectively, associated with this $2.0 million payment (approximately $0.2 million of which has been classified in current liabilities at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014).
 
We may receive up to an additional $5.0 million in payments upon the achievement of pre-specified milestones. In addition, upon commercialization, Ildong will make royalty payments to us on net sales of TG-1101 in the sublicense territory.