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LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS

3. LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS

F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.

For both of the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $22.0 million of collaboration revenue associated with the license, collaboration and option agreement (the “Roche Agreement”) with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. (“Roche”). As of March 31, 2022, the Company has total deferred revenue of $641.5 million associated with the Roche Agreement, of which $89.2 million is classified as current. The portion of deferred revenue related to the separate material rights for the options to acquire ex-U.S. rights to certain Duchenne-specific programs was $485.0 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

The costs associated with co-development activities performed under the Roche Agreement are included in operating expenses, with any reimbursement of costs by Roche reflected as a reduction of such expenses when the related expense is incurred. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, costs reimbursable by Roche and reflected as a reduction to operating expenses were $17.7 million and $13.4 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2022, there was $17.7 million of collaboration receivable included in other current assets.

Research and Option Agreements

 

The Company has research and option agreements with third parties in order to develop various technologies and biologics that may be used in the administration of the Company’s genetic therapeutics. The agreements generally provide for research services related to pre-clinical development programs and options to license the technology for clinical development. Prior to the options under these agreements being executed, the Company may be required to make up to $11.0 million in research milestone payments. Under these agreements, there are $187.1 million in potential option payments to be made by the Company upon the determination to exercise the options. Additionally, if the options for each agreement are executed, the Company would incur additional contingent obligations and may be required to make development, regulatory, and sales milestone payments and tiered royalty payments based on the sales of the developed products upon commercialization. As of March 31, 2022, the Company has not exercised any options nor have any additional research milestone payments become probable of occurring.

 

Milestone Obligations

 

The Company has license and collaboration agreements in place for which it could be obligated to pay, in addition to the payment of up-front fees upon execution of the agreements, certain milestone payments as a product candidate proceeds from the submission of an investigational new drug application through approval for commercial sale and beyond. As of March 31, 2022, the Company may be obligated to make up to $4.0 billion in future development, regulatory, commercial and up-front royalty milestone payments associated with its license and collaboration agreements. These obligations exclude potential future option and milestone payments for options that have yet to be exercised within agreements entered into by the Company as of March 31, 2022, which are discussed above. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized up-front, development milestone

and settlement expenses of less than $0.1 million and $14.0 million, respectively, as research and development expense in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.