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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions

Notes Receivable from Founders

In December 2011, the Company entered into unsecured promissory notes (“Notes Receivable”) agreement with the four founders of the Company. Of the four founders, three are members of the executive team of the Company. The aggregate amount of Notes Receivable was $133,000 at the issuance date and the Notes Receivable bore interest at 0.2% per annum. The Company recorded an imputed interest of 4% in relation to these notes. The principal amount of the Notes Receivable, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, was due and payable upon the earlier of: (i) December 26, 2014, (ii) immediately prior to the first filing of a registration statement in connection with an IPO, (iii) immediately prior to the Notes Receivable becoming prohibited under the rules and regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, (iv) immediately prior to an acquisition of the Company, (v) the termination of the borrower’s employment with the Company or (vi) the occurrence of an event of default.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company had $107,000 of Notes Receivable outstanding, which is reflected as notes receivable from related parties in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

In May 2014, the Company forgave the outstanding balance of Notes Receivable of $111,000 and the related accrued interest of approximately $1,000, which is reflected in the Company’s statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, as interest expense, net.

Daiichi Sankyo

The Company entered into a license agreement with Daiichi Sankyo, under which the Company issued 2,867,426 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock. As such, Daiichi Sankyo was deemed to be a related party by ownership of more than 10% of the Company’s equity. Accordingly, related party transactions of $0.4 million and $0.5 million were reported as collaboration and license revenue–related party in the Company’s statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $1.4 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had $4.6 million in deferred revenue under this agreement, of which $1.7 million was included in current liabilities and $2.9 million was included in non-current liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2013, $6.1 million of revenue was deferred under this agreement, of which $2.0 million was included in current liabilities and $4.1 million was included in non-current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. In addition, the Company recognized $1.2 million and $0.7 million as a reduction of research and development expense related to the costs reimbursed by Daiichi Sankyo in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $3.6 million and $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Transactions Associated with Cook

In January and December 2012, the Company issued a total of 2,150,569 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock to Cook as consideration for past and future services. As such, Cook was deemed to be a related party by ownership of more than 10% of the Company’s equity. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had $3.0 million in prepaid assets (prepaid clinical, material and manufacturing–related parties) and $278,000 in receivables from related parties, reflected on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet associated with Cook. During the second quarter of 2014, Cook divested a majority of its shares of the Company’s Series B convertible preferred stock; therefore, as of September 30, 2014, Cook was no longer considered a related party. As a result, the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2014 no longer reflects these balances as related party amounts. The Company recognized services rendered by Cook within research and development in the condensed consolidated statements of operations of a credit of $0.1 million and an expense of$0.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and recognized an expense of $4.1 million and $6.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Transactions Associated with Medpace Agreement

One member of the Company’s board of directors is also the chief executive officer of Medpace. As such, Medpace was deemed to be a related party. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had $5.5 million in prepaid assets (prepaid clinical, material, manufacturing and other–related parties), $4.9 million in accounts payable–related parties, and $3.2 million in accrued and other liabilities (accrued clinical and manufacturing–related parties), all reflected on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet associated with Medpace. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had $198,000 in prepaid assets (prepaid clinical, material and manufacturing–related parties), $383,000 in accounts payable–related parties, and $2.8 million in accrued and other liabilities (accrued clinical and manufacturing–related parties), all reflected on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet associated with Medpace. The Company recognized $6.2 million and $0.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and recognized $14.9 million and $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, for services rendered by Medpace within research and development expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company also has an agreement with Medpace which provides for a minimum fee commitment of $35.0 million for clinical trial services which is further discussed in Note 8. As of September 30, 2014, $17.1 million of the services related to the fee commitment under this agreement has been performed.

Recruiting Services

One member of the Board of Directors was the chief executive officer of a company that provided recruiting services to the Company. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had $86,000 in accounts payable-related parties, and $60,000 in accrued and other liabilities (accrued clinical and manufacturing–related parties) reflected on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2013, there were no such balances in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company recorded in research and development expense in its condensed consolidated statements of operations, $0 for both periods of the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013; and $241,000 and $63,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, for services rendered by the recruiting company. The Company recorded in general and administrative expense in its condensed consolidated statements of operations $362,000 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively; and $507,000 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively for services rendered by the recruiting company.

Convertible Notes — Related Parties

In the third quarter of 2013, the Company entered into Bridge Loans with certain investors, including existing stockholders, some members of the Board of Directors and their affiliated companies and some members of management, for a total aggregate amount of $10.0 million and issued the 2013 Warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s preferred stock at an exercise price of $0.0167 per share. As such, $7.1 million of the total aggregate amount of the Bridge Loans were from related parties. As of December 31, 2013, the carrying value of the Bridge Loans was $3.1 million, net of debt discount. In May 2014, the Company completed a preferred stock financing and contemporaneously the Bridge Loans and the related accrued interest were automatically converted into Series C preferred stock (see Note 7). For the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized $0 and $1.6 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized $2.7 million and $1.6 million, of interest expense related to the debt and the amortization of the debt discount within interest expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

InteKrin Acquisition

In February 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of the InteKrin for total consideration of $5.0 million (see Note 6). Mr. Dennis M. Lanfear, the chief executive officer of the Company was the chairman of the board and acting president of InteKrin at the time of the acquisition. As such, the InteKrin acquisition was a related party transaction. Mr. Lanfear also owns 10% of the outstanding securities of InteKrin Russia.