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LICENSE AGREEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
License Agreement [Abstract]  
LICENSE AGREEMENTS

BET

 

In May 2016, as part of a broader agreement with Jubilant Biosys (“Jubilant”), an India-based biotechnology company, we entered into a sub-license agreement (“JBET Agreement”) with Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (“Checkpoint”), (see Note 8), for the development and commercialization of Jubilant’s novel BET inhibitor program in the field of hematological malignancies.

 

Under the terms of the agreement, we paid Checkpoint an up-front licensing fee of $1.0 million and will make additional payments contingent on certain preclinical, clinical, and regulatory milestones, including commercial milestones totaling up to approximately $177 million and a single-digit royalty on net sales. TG will also provide funding to support certain targeted research efforts at Jubilant.

 

 

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 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 $38,000 for each of the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and approximately $0.1 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 and, at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, have deferred revenue of approximately $1.4 million and $1.5 million, respectively, associated with this $2.0 million payment (approximately $0.2 million of which has been classified in current liabilities at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015).

 

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.