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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS  
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
1.ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

We are a biopharmaceutical company involved in the development of an injectable collagenase clostridium histolyticum (“CCH”) for multiple indications. We maintain intellectual property with respect to injectable CCH that treats, among other indications, Dupuytren’s contracture (“DC”), Peyronie’s disease (“PD”), cellulite, frozen shoulder syndrome, plantar fibromatosis, and uterine fibroids. Injectable CCH currently is approved and marketed in the U.S. under the trademark XIAFLEX® for the treatment of both DC and PD. We generate revenue primarily from our license agreement with Endo, under which we receive license, sublicense income, royalties, milestones, and mark-up on cost of goods sold payments related to the sale, regulatory submissions, and approval of XIAFLEX®.

Endo has filed a biologics license application for CCH for the treatment of cellulite with the FDA. On July 6, 2020, Endo announced that it received FDA approval of Qwo™ (collagenase clostridium histolyticum-aaes) for the treatment of moderate to severe cellulite in the buttocks of adult women. Endo anticipates Qwo™ to be available commercially in the U.S. starting in the first half of 2021. Endo dosed the first patient in a clinical trial in plantar fibromatosis in June 2020 and adhesive capsulitis, also known as frozen shoulder, in July 2020. Adhesive capsulitis is an inflammation and thickening of the shoulder capsule due to collagen which causes decreased motion in the shoulder. Plantar fibromatosis is a non-malignant thickening of the feet’s deep connective tissue or fascia. There are currently no FDA-approved pharmaceutical therapies available to treat either condition.

We have developed injectable CCH for 12 clinical indications to date. Under our license agreement with Endo, Endo has the right to further develop CCH for frozen shoulder and plantar fibromatosis, as well as certain other licensed indications. Endo has a right to opt-in for use of CCH in the treatment of uterine fibroids.

On August 31, 2011, we entered into the Second Amended and Restated Development and License Agreement (as amended, the “License Agreement”) with Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Auxilium”), an entity that was acquired by Endo in 2015. The License Agreement originally was entered into in June 2004 to obtain exclusive worldwide rights to develop, market, and sell certain products containing our enzyme CCH, which Endo markets for approved indications under the trademark XIAFLEX®. Endo’s licensed rights concern the development and commercialization of products, other than dermal formulations labeled for topical administration. Currently, Endo’s licensed rights cover the indications of DC, PD, cellulite, frozen shoulder, plantar fibromatosis, and other potential indications. We and Endo may further expand the License Agreement to cover other indications as they are developed.

On February 26, 2019, we entered into the Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Development and License Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) (effective as of January 1, 2019) to amend certain provisions of the License Agreement to, among other things, require Endo to provide timely estimates of royalties to assist us in complying with our financial reporting obligations. Pursuant to the terms of the Second Amendment, we have consented to the assignment of the License Agreement by Endo Global Ventures to Endo Global Aesthetics Limited, an Irish private company and an affiliate of Endo Global Ventures that is indirectly wholly-owned by Endo.

Under the License Agreement, Endo is responsible, at its own cost and expense, for developing the formulation and finished dosage form of products and arranging for the clinical supply of products. Endo has the option to license development and marketing rights to these indications based on a full analysis of the data from the clinical trials, which would transfer responsibility for the future development costs to Endo and trigger opt-in payments and potential future milestone and royalty payments to us.

The License Agreement extends, on a country-by-country and product-by-product basis, for the longer of the patent life, the expiration of any regulatory exclusivity period or twelve years from the effective date. Either party may terminate the License Agreement as a result of the other party’s breach or bankruptcy.

Endo must pay us on a country-by-country and product-by-product basis a specified percentage, which typically is in the low double digits, of net sales for products covered by the License Agreement. This royalty applies to net sales by Endo or its sublicensees. Endo also is obligated to pay a percentage of any future regulatory or commercial milestone payments received from such sublicensees. In addition, Endo and its affiliates pay us an amount equal to a specified mark-up on

certain cost of goods related to supply of XIAFLEX® (which mark-up is capped at a specified percentage of the cost of goods of XIAFLEX®) for products sold by Endo and its affiliates.

Endo had previously collaborated with partners to commercialize XIAFLEX® and Xiapex® outside of the United States; however, Endo is in the process of terminating third party partnership agreements for markets outside of the United States, which will reduce the amount of royalty revenues received by us. We do not believe that this reduction will have a material effect on our future consolidated statements of operations.