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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 12, 2023, Inhibitor Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Johns Hopkins University (“JHU”). Pursuant to the Agreement, JHU granted to the Company the exclusive worldwide patent rights to a Granted US Patent, No 8,980,930 entitled “New Angiogenesis Inhibitors” (the “Patent”). The Patent relates to the treatment of prostate cancer, basal cell carcinoma including basal cell carcinoma nevus syndrome, and lung cancer.
Pursuant to the Agreement: (i) the Company has received an exclusive worldwide license to the Patent; (ii) the Company shall pay to JHU an upfront license fee (iii) the Company shall be required to make certain Minimum Annual Royalty (“MAR”) payments to JHU no later than January 1st of each calendar year in accordance with an agreed upon schedule), (iv) the Company shall be required to pay to JHU a royalty on cumulative net sales, with an additional supplement due where a licensed product is given exclusivity in the U.S. by patent rights, (v) if the Company enters into any sublicense they will pay to JHU a certain percentage of all consideration received from sublicensee but excluding (i) any consideration received by Licensee for Royalties on Sublicensee Sales (Royalties on Sales by Sublicensees will be treated as if Licensee made the Sale), and (ii) any payment of Past Patent Costs or Patent Costs made by Sublicensee to License), (vi) should the Company receive compensation in the form of a voucher, the Company will pay a certain percentage of the sale to JHU and (vii) the Company shall be required to pay to JHU certain development-related milestone payments upon the Company meeting each of a series of agreed upon milestones. The Agreement contains other customary terms and conditions.
JHU has the right to terminate the Agreement upon the occurrence of certain events, including delinquency in payments, failure to timely reach milestones, noncompliance with audit or insurance obligations, or the Company entering into voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency. The Company may terminate the Agreement without cause upon 90 days advance written notice.
The preceding is a summary of the Agreement, qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Agreement filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year end and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On December 13, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the License Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) The following exhibit is filed with this report.
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 13, 2023, regarding the Exclusive License Agreement by and between Inhibitor Therapeutics, Inc., and Johns Hopkins University | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: December 14, 2023 | INHIBITOR THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Francis E. O’Donnell | |||||
| Name: Francis E. O’Donnell | ||||||
| Title: Executive Chairman and CEO | ||||||
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