Commitments and Contingencies |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2022 | |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Commitments and Contingencies | 7. Commitments and Contingencies License and Royalty Commitments On May 31, 2005, the Company entered into a worldwide, exclusive License Agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”), pursuant to which the Company holds a license to certain patents and know-how of BMS relating to lumateperone and other specified compounds. The agreement was amended on November 3, 2010. The licensed rights are exclusive, except BMS retains rights in specified compounds in the fields of obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. However, BMS has no right to use, develop or commercialize lumateperone and other specified compounds in any field of use. The Company has the right to grant sublicenses of the rights conveyed by BMS. The Company is obliged under the agreement to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize the licensed technology. The Company is also prohibited from engaging in the clinical development or commercialization of specified competitive compounds. Under the agreement, the Company has made payments of $10.75 million to BMS related to milestones achieved to date for lumateperone. Possible milestone payments remaining total $5.0 million. Under the agreement, the Company may be obliged to make other milestone payments to BMS for each licensed product of up to an aggregate of approximately $14.75 million. The Company is also obliged to make tiered single digit percentage royalty payments ranging between 5 – 9% on sales of licensed products. The Company is obliged to pay to BMS a percentage of non-royalty payments made in consideration of any sublicense. The agreement extends, and royalties are payable, on a country-by-country product-by-product In September 2016, the Company transferred certain of its rights under the BMS agreement to its wholly owned subsidiary, ITI Limited. In connection with the transfer, the Company guaranteed ITI Limited’s performance of its obligations under the BMS agreement. The Company expensed approximately $8.1 million and $2.8 million, respectively, for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, in cost of product sales to satisfy its obligation under the BMS agreement. Research and Other Commitments As of September 30, 2022, the Company has committed to purchasing production campaigns for various raw materials and API from each of its supply vendors. The campaigns are expected to be received into inventory during 2022 through 2024. The Company has paid deposits of $19.8 million and $9.5 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, for the various campaigns, which are recorded within prepaid expenses and other current assets. Over the course of the vendors’ manufacturing period, the Company will remit payments to each vendor based on the payment plan within the executed agreements. |