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License, Research and Collaboration Agreements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
License Research And Collaboration Agreements [Abstract]  
License, Research and Collaboration Agreements

10. License, Research and Collaboration Agreements

Collaboration Agreements

ABL Bio Corporation ("ABL Bio") Agreement

In November 2018, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary (TRIGR) and ABL Bio, a South Korean biotechnology company, entered into an exclusive global (excluding South Korea) license agreement (the “TRIGR License Agreement”) which granted TRIGR a license to ABL001, ABL Bio’s bispecific antibody targeting DLL4 and VEGF-A (renamed CTX-009). Under the terms of the agreement, ABL Bio and TRIGR would jointly develop CTX-009, with ABL Bio responsible for development of CTX-009 throughout the end of Phase 1 clinical trials and TRIGR responsible for the development of CTX-009 from Phase 2 and onward. ABL Bio received a $5 million upfront payment and is eligible to receive up to $110 million of development and regulatory milestone payments, up to $295 million of commercial milestone payments and tiered single-digit royalties on net sales of CTX-009 in Oncology. ABL Bio is also eligible to receive up to $185 million in development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments and tiered, single-digit royalties on net sales of CTX-009 in Ophthalmology. The financial terms of the agreement were amended in May 2021 but remain substantially similar to the terms in the TRIGR License Agreement. As a result of the TRIGR acquisition in 2021, the TRIGR License Agreement was assigned to the Company and the Company has assumed all the rights and liabilities of the agreement.

In May 2021, TRIGR and ABL Bio terminated license agreements to several preclinical assets. As a result of the return of these assets to ABL Bio and termination of the license agreements, the Company is eligible to receive royalty payments if ABL Bio develops or licenses two bispecific antibodies that were previously licensed to TRIGR.


 


Adimab Agreement

The Company entered into a collaboration agreement with Adimab, LLC on October 16, 2014. The agreement includes provisions for payment of royalties at rates ranging in the single digits as a percentage of future net sales within a specified term from the first commercial sale. There were no milestone payments made during the first three months of 2022. As of March 31, 2022, future potential milestone payments in connection with this agreement amounted to $2.0 million.

Other License and Research Agreements

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies ("Fujifilm") Agreement

The Company entered into a scope of work (“SOW”) under a master services agreement with Fujifilm on July 20, 2020. The Company made cash payments of $46 thousand and recorded $555 thousand in research and

development expense during the three months ended March 31, 2022 related to this agreement. The Company made cash payments of $0.2 million and recorded $1.0 million in research and development expense during the quarter ended March 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2022, future payments in connection with the SOW amounted to $1.2 million and prepayments for future work to be performed amounted to $1.2 million, for a total expense to be recognized of $2.4 million.