MD ANDERSON LICENSE AGREEMENT	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
MD ANDERSON LICENSE AGREEMENT
MD ANDERSON LICENSE AGREEMENT	(4) MD ANDERSON LICENSE AGREEMENT Overview On April 10, 2015, the Company entered into a Joint Development and License Agreement (“MD Anderson Agreement”) with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”) to jointly develop, clinically validate and obtain FDA approval and CMS coverage and reimbursement for in-vitro diagnostic and screening tools for the early detection of lung cancer (the “IVD Assays”). Under the MD Anderson Agreement, MD Anderson granted the Company an exclusive license which provides the Company with the intellectual property rights for the purpose of developing, manufacturing and marketing IVD Assays. In addition to granting the Company a license to the covered MD Anderson intellectual property, MD Anderson agreed to make personnel available to provide the Company product development and research and development assistance. Pursuant to the MD Anderson Agreement, the Company is obligated to reimburse IVD Assay development expenses incurred by the staff at MD Anderson, up to a maximum of $1.0 million per year for the first two years of the MD Anderson Agreement. At June 30, 2015 the Company recorded an estimated liability in the amount of $0.3 million for IVD Assay development efforts. As of June 30, 2015 the Company has not made payments for IVD Assay development costs. Beginning on April 30, 2015 and continuing through December 31, 2016, the Company is required to pay a quarterly fee of $0.3 million for the use of samples already collected prior to the effective date of the agreement which will be utilized in the continued research and development of IVD Assays. As of June 30, 2015 the Company recorded an estimated liability in the amount of $0.5 million for the use of samples provided by MD Anderson. Further, the Company has agreed to pay MD Anderson a low single digit royalty on the Company’s net sales of products using the licensed MD Anderson intellectual property. As of June 30, 2015 there have been no commercial sales of such product.

(4) MD ANDERSON LICENSE AGREEMENT

Overview

On April 10, 2015, the Company entered into a Joint Development and License Agreement (“MD Anderson Agreement”) with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”) to jointly develop, clinically validate and obtain FDA approval and CMS coverage and reimbursement for in-vitro diagnostic and screening tools for the early detection of lung cancer (the “IVD Assays”). Under the MD Anderson Agreement, MD Anderson granted the Company an exclusive license which provides the Company with the intellectual property rights for the purpose of developing, manufacturing and marketing IVD Assays. In addition to granting the Company a license to the covered MD Anderson intellectual property, MD Anderson agreed to make personnel available to provide the Company product development and research and development assistance. Pursuant to the MD Anderson Agreement, the Company is obligated to reimburse IVD Assay development expenses incurred by the staff at MD Anderson, up to a maximum of $1.0 million per year for the first two years of the MD Anderson Agreement. At June 30, 2015 the Company recorded an estimated liability in the amount of $0.3 million for IVD Assay development efforts. As of June 30, 2015 the Company has not made payments for IVD Assay development costs. Beginning on April 30, 2015 and continuing through December 31, 2016, the Company is required to pay a quarterly fee of $0.3 million for the use of samples already collected prior to the effective date of the agreement which will be utilized in the continued research and development of IVD Assays. As of June 30, 2015 the Company recorded an estimated liability in the amount of $0.5 million for the use of samples provided by MD Anderson. Further, the Company has agreed to pay MD Anderson a low single digit royalty on the Company’s net sales of products using the licensed MD Anderson intellectual property. As of June 30, 2015 there have been no commercial sales of such product.