Related-Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related-Party Transactions

9. Related-Party Transactions

Upon the Company’s public offering on May 14, 2020, Merck’s ownership of the Company’s outstanding equity interest decreased to less than 10%. As a result, starting May 14, 2020, the Company ceased to reflect balances and transactions associated with Merck as being with a related party in its financial statements. Transactions with Merck for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 are described in Note 5.

As discussed in Note 2, Vaxcyte closed its IPO of its common stock on June 16, 2020, resulting in the Company’s ownership of Vaxcyte’s outstanding equity being less than 4.0%. As a result, starting on June 16, 2020, the Company ceased to reflect any balances and transactions associated with Vaxcyte being a related party in its financial statements. Transactions with Vaxcyte for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 are described in Note 5.