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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

12. Commitments and Contingencies

Intellectual Property License

The Company has a Collaboration and License Agreement with D. E. Shaw Research, LLC ("D. E. Shaw Research"), which held 9,999,999 shares of Series A preferred stock and 1,557,875 shares of Series C preferred stock at December 31, 2019. In conjunction with the Company's initial public offering in 2020, such shares were converted into 3,281,253 shares of common stock of the Company. The contract provides that the parties will jointly conduct research efforts with the goal of identifying and developing product candidates. The original term of the contract was three years and required the Company to pay an annual fee of $1.0 million. On June 15, 2020, the Company and D. E. Shaw Research agreed to amend the Collaboration and License Agreement (the "DESRES Agreement"). The DESRES Agreement extended the term of the agreement to August 16, 2025 and increased the annual fee from $1.0 million to $9.9 million. The DESRES Agreement also automatically renews for successive one-year periods, unless either party provides at least one year notice of non-renewal. The annual fee during each of the one-year renewal terms is subject to mutual agreement of the Company and D. E. Shaw Research.

The Company is obligated to pay potential development milestone payments under the terms of the DESRES Agreement up to $7.3 million per target, plus sales milestones and royalties, upon the achievement of certain specified contingent events. Such payments for achievement of development and regulatory milestones total up to $7.3 million in the aggregate for each of the first three products the Company develops and up to $6.3 million, in the aggregate, for each product the Company develops after the

first three. The Company assessed the milestone and royalty events under the DESRES Agreement as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, concluding no such payments were due.

For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, the Company recorded research and development expenses of $9.5 million, $9.4 million, and $9.5 million, respectively, under the DESRES Agreement on its consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had prepaid balances of $5.4 million and $4.9 million, respectively, under the DESRES Agreement on its consolidated balance sheets.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had no accrued expense and accounts payable balances under the DESRES Agreement on its consolidated balance sheets.

Other Research Arrangements

The Company has certain other research and license arrangements and other collaborations with third parties, which provide the Company with specified research and/or development services.