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Collaboration Agreement
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Collaboration Agreement

11. Collaboration Agreement

Under the LianBio License Agreement, in order to evaluate the transaction price for purposes of ASC 606, the Company determined that the upfront payment of $12.0 million and the reimbursable cost of the clinical supply of LYR-210 constitute the entirety of the consideration to be included in the transaction price as of the outset of the arrangement, which was allocated to the two performance obligations as follows: $8.4 million to the Combined Performance Obligation and $3.6 million to the Development Activities Performance Obligation. In February 2022, the Company received $5.0 million upon achievement of the first of the development milestones related to dosing its first patient and the transaction price was adjusted by $5.0 million which was allocated to the two performance obligations as follows: $3.5 million to the Combined Performance Obligation and $1.5 million to the Development Activities Performance Obligation. The remaining potential milestone payments that the Company is eligible to receive were excluded from the transaction price as of March 31, 2025, as all milestone amounts were fully constrained based on the probability of achievement.

The Company and LianBio amended the LianBio License Agreement on September 26, 2022, to allow, among other things, LianBio to conduct its own Phase 3 clinical trial and adjust certain future milestones. The amendment also required both parties to negotiate a clinical supply agreement prior to December 31, 2022. There was a side letter executed on December 27, 2022 which extended the negotiations of a clinical supply agreement until March 31, 2023. The parties are not actively engaged in negotiations of the clinical supply agreement. At this point, it is uncertain whether such an agreement will ever be completed.

The amendment did not result in any change in the Company’s determination of its performance obligations under the arrangement and all future milestones remain constrained from the transaction price. The Company has determined that the contract modification did not have a material impact on the allocation of the transaction price to the two performance obligations.

LianBio announced that in October 2023 its board of directors commenced a comprehensive strategic review of its business. The LianBio Board ultimately concluded that selling off assets and winding down operations was the best way to realize maximum shareholder value. LianBio reported that a substantial portion of the wind down activities, including fulfillment of transition service obligations under its existing agreements and gradual cessation of currently active clinical trials, were to be completed by the end of 2024. LianBio stated it will maintain a core group of employees necessary to implement an orderly wind down and support its efforts to maximize the value of its remaining business and assets including the collaboration with the Company. Due to these developments, the future of the Company’s collaboration with LianBio is uncertain as LianBio continues its wind down, while seeking a third party to acquire LianBio’s rights under the LianBio License Agreement. In November 2024 the Company entered into a novation agreement which substituted LianBio Cayman for LianBio HK. For more information, please see “Risk Factors — If LianBio HK, as defined below, is unable to find a third party to acquire its rights under the LianBio License Agreement, as defined below, it may materially harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects”.

The Company will recognize the revenue associated with the Combined Performance Obligation as the clinical supply of LYR-210 is delivered. The Company recognizes revenue associated with the Development Activities Performance Obligation as the development activities are performed using an input method, according to the costs incurred as to the development activities related to the global Phase 3 clinical trial and the costs expected to be incurred in the future to satisfy the performance obligation. The transfer of control occurs over this time period and, in management’s judgment, is the best measure of progress towards satisfying the performance obligation. The amounts received that have not yet been recognized as revenue are deferred as a contract liability on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and will be recognized as the clinical supply of LYR-210 is delivered and over the remaining time it takes to conduct the global Phase 3 clinical trial, respectively.

There were no changes in the transaction price from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The following table reflects the transaction price (in thousands):

 

 

As of March 31, 2025

 

 

 

Pre-Milestone

 

 

Milestone

 

 

Post-Milestone

 

Combined Performance Obligation

 

$

8,373

 

 

$

3,489

 

 

$

11,862

 

Development Activities Performance Obligation

 

 

3,627

 

 

 

1,511

 

 

 

5,138

 

Total

 

$

12,000

 

 

$

5,000

 

 

$

17,000

 

 

The following table reflects the revenue recognized related to each of the performance obligations and the remaining deferred revenue (in thousands):

 

 

As of March 31, 2025

 

 

 

Combined Performance Obligation

 

 

Development Activities Performance Obligation

 

 

Total

 

Deferred revenue at December 31, 2023

 

$

11,748

 

 

$

2,046

 

 

$

13,794

 

Revenue recognized

 

 

 

 

 

(1,534

)

 

 

(1,534

)

Deferred revenue at December 31, 2024

 

 

11,748

 

 

 

512

 

 

 

12,260

 

Revenue recognized

 

 

 

 

 

(183

)

 

 

(183

)

Deferred revenue at March 31, 2025

 

$

11,748

 

 

$

329

 

 

$

12,077

 

Development and regulatory milestone fees, which are a type of variable consideration, are recognized as revenue to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal will not occur. Note that the allocated deferred revenue associated with the clinical supply agreement has been recorded as long term deferred revenue given the potential uncertainty of delivery within the next twelve months. As of March 31, 2025, the parties still have not completed their negotiations of the clinical supply agreement. At this point, it is uncertain whether such an agreement will be completed. In view of the uncertainty around the completion of the clinical supply agreement, the Company may decide to recognize such payments as revenue on an accelerated schedule.

There were no milestones achieved during the three months ended March 31, 2025 or the year ended December 31, 2024.

The Company recognizes royalty revenue and sales-based milestones at the later of (i) when the related sales occur, or (ii) when the performance obligation to which the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied. No royalty revenue has been earned as of March 31, 2025.

Entities affiliated with Perceptive Advisors, LLC are shareholders of both the Company and LianBio. Additionally, two of the Company’s former directors are Managing Directors at Perceptive Advisors, LLC and one of these former directors is also the Executive Chairman of LianBio’s board of directors.