Contractual Agreements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Health Care Organizations [Abstract]

Contractual Agreements

(4) Contractual Agreements

(a) Abbott Products, Inc.

On March 29, 2012, the Company terminated its collaborative agreement with Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (later acquired by Abbott Products, Inc.) for TLANDO. As part of the termination, the Company reacquired the rights to the intellectual property from Abbott. All obligations under the prior license agreement have been completed except that Lipocine will owe Abbott a perpetual 1% royalty on net sales. Such royalties are limited to $1.0 million in the first two calendar years following product launch, after which period there is not a cap on royalties and no maximum aggregate amount. If generic versions of any such product are introduced, then royalties are reduced by 50%. The Company did not incur any royalties owed during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

(b) Antares Pharma, Inc.

On October 14, 2021, the Company entered into a license agreement (“License Agreement”) with Antares Pharma, Inc. (“Antares”) pursuant to which the Company granted to Antares an exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable right and license to develop and commercialize, upon final approval of TLANDO® from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the Company’s TLANDO product with respect to testosterone replacement therapy in males for conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone, as indicated in NDA No. 208088, treatment of Klinefelter syndrome, and pediatric indications relating to testosterone replacement therapy in males for conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone (the “Field”), in each case within the United States. The Antares License Agreement also provides Antares with an option, exercisable on or before March 31, 2022, to license TLANDO XR, the Company’s potential once-daily oral product candidate for testosterone replacement therapy. Upon execution of the Antares License Agreement, Antares paid to the Company an initial payment of $11.0 million. Antares will also make additional payments of $5.0 million to the Company on each of January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026, provided that certain conditions are satisfied. The Company is also eligible to receive milestone payments of up to $160.0 million in the aggregate, depending on the achievement of certain sales milestones in a single calendar year with respect to all products licensed by Antares under the Antares License Agreement. In addition, upon commercialization, the Company will receive tiered royalty payments at rates ranging from percentages in the mid-teens to up to 20% of net sales of TLANDO in the United States, subject to certain minimum royalty obligations. If Antares exercises its option to license TLANDO XR, the Company will be entitled to an additional payment of $4.0 million, as well as development milestone payments of up to $35.0 million in the aggregate and tiered royalty payments at rates ranging from percentages in the mid-teens to 20% of net sales of TLANDO XR in the United States. The Company retains development and commercialization rights in the rest of the world, and with respect to applications outside of the Field inside or outside the United States. Antares will also purchase certain existing inventory of licensed products from the Company, subject to testing and acceptance procedures. Finally, pursuant to the terms of the Antares License Agreement, Antares is generally responsible for expenses relating to the development (including the conduct of any clinical trials) and commercialization of licensed products in the Field in the United States, while the Company is generally responsible for expenses relating to development activities outside of the Field and/or the United States. The Company recognized revenue under the Antares Licensing Agreement of $16.1 million and zero during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2021 and 2020

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(c) Contract Research and Development

The Company has entered into agreements with various contract organizations that conduct preclinical, clinical, analytical and manufacturing development work on behalf of the Company as well as a number of independent contractors, primarily clinical researchers, who serve as advisors to the Company. The Company incurred expenses of $4.9 million and $6.8 million under these agreements in 2021 and 2020 and has recorded these expenses in research and development expenses.