Collaboration and License Agreements |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2025 | |
Collaboration and License Agreements [Abstract] | |
Collaboration and License Agreements | Collaboration and License Agreements In-License Agreements Children’s Medical Center Corporation In April 2018, the Company entered into a development and license agreement (the “CMCC Agreement”) with Children’s Medical Center Corporation (“CMCC”). The CMCC Agreement allows the Company to use CMCC’s proprietary intellectual property to conduct research, development and commercialization of products utilizing CMCC’s proprietary intellectual property in return for specified payments. The proprietary intellectual property licensed pursuant to this agreement is related to certain legacy programs the Company is not pursuing which were subsequently sublicensed to Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. (“Fulcrum”), as described below. As part of the CMCC Agreement, the Company issued a total of 15,123 shares of common stock to CMCC and its affiliates based on the fair value of the common stock on the date of issuance. The Company is obligated to pay potential development milestone payments under the terms of the CMCC Agreement of up to $7.7 million for the first licensed target, $3.9 million for the second licensed target and $1.9 million for the third licensed target upon the achievement of certain specified contingent events. If commercial sales of a licensed product commence, the Company will pay CMCC royalties at percentage rates ranging in the low- to mid-single digits on net sales of licensed products in countries where such product is protected by patent rights. The Company incurred de minimis royalties owed to CMCC for each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 under the CMCC Agreement and recorded the amounts in R&D expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Further, under the terms of the CMCC Agreement, the Company is required to pay ten percent of any upfront payment received under a sublicensing agreement entered into prior to the initiation of the first investigational new drug study. The Company re-evaluates the likelihood of achieving future milestones at the end of each reporting period. As of March 31, 2025, the Company determined that the likelihood of achieving future milestones was not probable. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research In October 2019, the Company entered into a patent license agreement (as subsequently amended, the “Whitehead Agreement”) with the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (“Whitehead”). Under the Whitehead Agreement, the Company was granted a worldwide, royalty-bearing, sublicensable license under certain patent rights owned or controlled by Whitehead. Upon entering into the Whitehead Agreement, the Company paid an initial $0.1 million license issuance fee and has paid de minimis additional fees in connection with subsequent amendments to the Whitehead Agreement. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay certain filing, prosecution and maintenance fees with respect to certain patent rights licensed. The Company is also obligated to pay potential development milestone payments to Whitehead of up to $1.9 million upon the achievement of certain specified contingent events. In addition, if the Company successfully commercializes a product under the Whitehead Agreement, it is obligated to pay tiered royalties at percentage rates ranging from less than one percent to the mid-single digits of net sales or of running royalties of net sales, subject to specified reductions, until either the last-to-expire valid claim of a Whitehead patent covering the product or seven years after the first commercial sale, in each case on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis. The Company incurred de minimis fees under the Whitehead Agreement for each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. These fees are recorded in R&D expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Sublicense Agreement Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. In July 2023, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “Fulcrum Agreement”) with Fulcrum. Under the Fulcrum Agreement, the Company granted an exclusive license related to the Company’s intellectual property (“IP”) and granted a non-exclusive sublicense for IP obtained through the CMCC Agreement. In exchange for the license rights, Fulcrum paid the Company a $0.4 million upfront payment. In the event that Fulcrum achieves certain development and commercial milestones, Fulcrum will be obligated to pay the Company one-time milestone payments ranging from $0.6 million to $20.0 million, depending on the product and milestone achieved. In addition, under the Fulcrum Agreement there are potential de minimis minimum annual royalty payments as well as sales-based royalties of up to the low-double digits upon commercialization. The Company assessed this arrangement in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), and concluded that the contract counterparty, Fulcrum, is a customer. In accordance with ASC 606, the Company determined that there is one performance obligation in the Fulcrum Agreement, consisting of the exclusive and non-exclusive license rights granted to Fulcrum. The transaction price was comprised of the fixed consideration of $0.4 million and was recognized upon transfer of control of the licenses at a point in time upon contract execution. The arrangement includes significant variable consideration primarily in the form of milestone payments, which is fully constrained at the inception of the contract. All variable consideration is remeasured and reassessed each reporting period. As of and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company determined the variable consideration was fully constrained. The sales-based royalty fee is considered variable consideration and will be recognized as revenue as such sales occur. The sales-based royalty fee qualifies for the royalty constraint exception and does not require an estimate of the future transaction price. The Company did not record any license revenue pursuant to the Fulcrum Agreement for either of the three months ended March 31, 2025 or 2024. Collaborative Arrangement Eli Lilly and Company In July 2023, the Company executed a Material Transfer Agreement (as subsequently amended, the “MTA”) with Eli Lilly and Company (“Eli Lilly”). As part of the MTA, the Company and Eli Lilly agreed to perform R&D activities to generate up to three antisense oligonucleotides (“ASOs”) in accordance with a prescribed workplan. The Company evaluated the MTA under ASC 808 and concluded that it is a collaboration arrangement. The Company and Eli Lilly are jointly overseeing the R&D activities under the MTA. In addition, both parties are exposed to significant risks and potential rewards under the MTA. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, as a reduction in R&D expense in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss as a result of the earned R&D reimbursement from Eli Lilly. Additionally, the Company had an unbilled receivable of less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million recorded within prepaid expenses and other current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Research and Collaboration Arrangement BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. In September 2024, the Company entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement (the “BioMarin Agreement”) with BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (“BioMarin”). Under the terms of the BioMarin Agreement, BioMarin paid the Company an upfront, nonrefundable payment of $1.0 million, and will reimburse the Company for certain research activities. On a per-program basis, the Company will be eligible to receive up to $5.0 million in future contingent preclinical milestones, up to $75.0 million in future contingent development and regulatory milestones and up to $105.0 million in commercial sales milestones. The Company will be further eligible to receive tiered royalties at percentage rates ranging from the low to high single digits of net sales, subject to specified reductions, until either the last-to-expire valid claim of a patent covering the product, ten years after the first commercial sale, or the expiration of any applicable regulatory exclusivity obtained for the product, in each case on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis. The agreement may be terminated in its entirety or on a program-by-program basis for convenience by BioMarin. The agreement may also be terminated by either the Company or BioMarin under certain other circumstances, including material breach, as set forth in the agreement. The notice periods for termination provisions range from 30 days to 270 days depending on the reason for termination. The Company assessed this arrangement in accordance with ASC 606 and concluded that BioMarin is a customer and there is one performance obligation, consisting of a bundle of R&D activities and license right grants. The performance obligation also includes participation in a joint steering committee, the grant of an exclusive license to BioMarin, the grant of a non-exclusive license to the data resulting from the R&D activities, performing the R&D activities in accordance with the contractual work plan, and providing quarterly progress reports. The transaction price was comprised of the fixed consideration of $3.8 million and will be recognized over time based upon a cost-to-cost method. Any deferred revenue recorded will be classified as short-term. The Company believes this work will be completed within 12 months of contract execution and thus, the related revenue will be recognized over that period. The arrangement includes significant variable consideration primarily in the form of milestone payments, which is fully constrained at the inception of the contract. All variable consideration is remeasured and reassessed each reporting period. As of and for the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company determined the variable consideration was fully constrained. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized $0.9 million in collaboration revenue under the BioMarin Agreement. Additionally, the Company had an unbilled receivable of less than $0.1 million as of March 31, 2025 and deferred revenue of $0.3 million as of December 31, 2024 recorded on the consolidated balance sheet, respectively.
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