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Other Long-Term Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Other Long-Term Liabilities  
Other Long-Term Liabilities

 

(8)  Other Long-Term Liabilities

 

Other long-term liabilities include the following:

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

December 31, 2014

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Deferred Rent

 

$

464

 

$

482

 

Net Deferred Tax Liability related to IPR&D

 

4,661

 

4,661

 

Deferred Income from Sale of Tax Benefits

 

3,417

 

4,015

 

Deferred Revenue

 

5,115

 

5,297

 

Total

 

13,657

 

14,455

 

Less Current Portion

 

(2,657

)

(2,592

)

Long-Term Portion

 

$

11,000

 

$

11,863

 

 

In December 2014, January 2014, January 2013, January 2012 and January 2011, the Company received approval from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and agreed to sell New Jersey tax benefits of $1.9 million, $1.1 million, $0.8 million, $0.8 million and $0.6 million to an independent third party for $1.8 million, $1.0 million, $0.8 million, $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Under the agreement, the Company must maintain a base of operations in New Jersey for five years or the tax benefits must be paid back on a pro-rata basis based on the number of years completed.  During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded $0.6 million and $0.4 million to other income related to the sale of these tax benefits, respectively.

 

In September 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with Rockefeller University pursuant to which the Company will perform research and development services for Rockefeller. The agreement includes an approved project plan for the development services of $4.8 million and a term of three years. The agreement included an upfront payment of $1.3 million which is being recognized as revenue over the term of the agreement. The Company bills Rockefeller quarterly for actual time and direct costs incurred and records those amounts to revenue in the quarter the services are performed. The Company recorded $0.1 million and $0.4 million in revenue related to the Rockefeller agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

In May 2014, the Company entered into a clinical trial collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”) to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of varlilumab and Opdivo®, BMS’s PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, in a Phase 1/2 study. Under the terms of this clinical trial collaboration, BMS made a one-time payment to the Company of $5.0 million and BMS and the Company amended the terms of the Company’s existing license agreement with Medarex (a subsidiary of BMS) related to the Company’s CD27 program whereby certain future milestone payments were waived and future royalty rates were reduced that may have been due from the Company to Medarex. In return, BMS was granted a time-limited right of first negotiation if the Company wishes to out-license varlilumab. The companies also agreed to work exclusively with each other to explore anti-PD-1 antagonist antibody and anti-CD27 agonist antibody combination regimens. The clinical trial collaboration provides that the companies will share development costs and that the Company will be responsible for conducting the ongoing Phase 1/2 study.

 

The Company has determined that its performance obligations under the BMS agreement, which primarily include performing research and development, supplying varlilumab and participating in the joint development committee, should be accounted for as a single unit of accounting and estimated that its performance period under the BMS agreement would be 5 years. Accordingly, the $5.0 million up-front payment was initially recorded as deferred revenue and is being recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the estimated 5-year performance period using the Contingency Adjusted Performance Model (“CAPM”). The BMS agreement also provides for BMS to reimburse the Company for 50% of the external costs incurred by the Company in connection with the clinical trial. These BMS payments will be recognized as revenue under the CAPM. The Company recorded $0.3 million in revenue related to the BMS agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2015.