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Collaboration Agreements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Collaboration Agreements
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Collaboration Agreements

 

Roche Collaboration

In June 2021, the Company entered into a Pilot Collaboration and Option Agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Roche Basel) and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. ("Roche US", and together with Roche Basel, "Roche") (the “Roche Collaboration and Option Agreement”). Under the terms of the Roche Collaboration and Option Agreement, the Company and Roche will seek to collaborate to research and pre-clinically develop Synthetic Biotics for addressing an undisclosed novel target for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $0.01 million and $0.2 million, respectively, as collaboration revenue associated with the Roche Collaboration and Option Agreement. The Roche Collaboration and Option Agreement concluded after the last milestone was achieved by the Company in October 2023. Subsequently, Roche did not exercise its exclusive option to enter into a licensing and collaboration agreement for further development and commercialization of the product candidate

For a full description of the Roche Collaboration and Option Agreement, refer to Note 10, Collaboration Agreements in the 2023 Annual Report.

Ginkgo Collaboration

 

In 2017, the Company established a technology collaboration with Ginkgo. In June 2019, the Company expanded its collaboration and entered into an agreement with Ginkgo for the research and development of engineered microbial therapeutic products (See Note 9). Under the 2019 expanded agreement, the Company made a prepayment to Ginkgo of $30.0 million for its foundry services that was to be provided to the Company over an initial term of five years, which could be extended for an additional three (3) years, subject to the satisfaction of specified conditions. Upon the expiration of such initial term and, if applicable, an additional term, any portion of the prepayment that has not been used to purchase services from Ginkgo will be retained by Ginkgo. In February 2024, the Company and its board of directors decided to discontinue the Synpheny-3 trial and significantly reduce its workforce and have made the decision to evaluate strategic options for the Company. As a result of this decision, the Company would no longer be purchasing services from Ginkgo. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the remaining $5.2 million of prepaid expenses related to this collaboration that were historically recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets and prepaid research and development, net of current portion on the consolidated balance sheet, were recorded as restructuring and other charges on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.