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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies  
Commitments and Contingencies

14. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company has concurrent leases for office and lab space that extend through April 2018. The Company may elect to extend the term of the leases for an additional five-year term. The leases provide for a tenant improvement allowance of approximately $1.8 million in aggregate. As of December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, approximately $0.5 million, $0.3 million, and $0.5 million, respectively, of the allowance has been utilized and included in fixed assets and deferred rent.

Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was approximately, $1,020,000, $906,000, and $906,000, respectively. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2013 are as follows, in thousands:

 
   
 

Year ending December 31:

       

2014

  $ 1,118  

2015

    1,140  

2016

    1,163  

2017

    1,186  

Thereafter

    402  
       

 

  $ 5,009  
       
       

The Company has obtained exclusive licenses from third parties for proprietary rights to support the product candidates in the Company's psychiatry portfolio. Under license agreements with Afecta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Afecta), the Company has an exclusive option to evaluate Afecta's CNS pipeline and to obtain exclusive worldwide rights to selected product candidates, including an exclusive license to SPN-810. The Company does not owe any future milestone payments for SPN-810. The Company is obligated to pay royalties to Afecta based on worldwide net sales of each of these products in the low-single digits.

The Company has also entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Rune Healthcare Limited (Rune), where the Company obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to a product concept from Rune. There are no future milestone payments owing to Rune under this agreement. If the Company receives approval to market and sell any products based on the Rune product concept for SPN-809, the Company is obligated to pay royalties to Rune based on net sales worldwide in the low single digits.