LICENSE ARRANGEMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

LICENSE ARRANGEMENTS

LICENSE ARRANGEMENTS

NOTE 4.  LICENSE ARRANGEMENTS

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

In August 2012, the Company entered into a license agreement with Janssen Pharma that granted Janssen Pharma a non-exclusive license to certain patents and other intellectual property rights to its Acuform® drug delivery technology for the development and commercialization of tapentadol extended release products, including NUCYNTA ER (tapentadol extended-release tablets). The Company receives low single digit royalties on net sales of NUCYNTA ER in Canada and Japan through December 31, 2021. The Company was also previously receiving royalties on sales of NUCYNTA ER in the U.S. until its acquisition of the U.S. rights to NUCYNTA ER from Janssen Pharma on April 2, 2015.