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Sublicense and Collaborative Agreements
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Sublicense and Collaborative Agreements Sublicense and Collaborative Agreements
The following table presents changes in contract assets and liabilities during the year ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands). Contract acquisition costs are included as a component of other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.
Balance at
March 31, 2024
AdditionsDeductionsBalance at
March 31, 2025
Contract assets:
Deferred contract acquisition costs$204 $— $(74)$130 
Contract liabilities:
Deferred revenue$3,465 $— $(485)$2,980 
AffaMed Agreement
In June 2020, we entered into a license and collaboration agreement (the AffaMed Agreement) with EverInsight Therapeutics Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, now AffaMed Therapeutics, Inc. (AffaMed), pursuant to which we granted AffaMed an exclusive license to develop and commercialize fasedienol for social anxiety disorder (SAD) and potentially other anxiety-related disorders in Greater China, South Korea and Southeast Asia (which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) (collectively, the Territory). AffaMed is responsible for all costs related to developing, obtaining regulatory approval of, and commercializing fasedienol for treatment of SAD, and potentially other anxiety-related indications, in the Territory. A joint development committee has been established between AffaMed and us to coordinate and review the development and commercialization plans with respect to fasedienol in the Territory.
We are responsible for pursuing clinical development and regulatory submissions of fasedienol for acute treatment of anxiety in adults with SAD, and potentially other anxiety-related indications, in the United States on a ‘‘best efforts’’ basis, with no guarantee of success. AffaMed may participate in the Phase 3 global clinical trial of fasedienol and will assume all direct costs and expenses of conducting such clinical trial in the Territory and a portion of the indirect costs of a global trial in which they participate. We will transfer all development data (nonclinical and clinical data) and our regulatory documentation related to fasedienol throughout the term as it is developed or generated or otherwise comes into our control. We will grant to AffaMed a Right of Reference to our regulatory documentation and our development data, but retain exclusive development and commercialization rights for fasedienol in the U.S. and throughout the rest of the world outside the Territory.
Under the terms of the AffaMed Agreement, AffaMed paid us a non-refundable upfront license payment of $5.0 million in August 2020. Additionally, upon successful development and commercialization of fasedienol in the Territory, we are eligible to receive milestone payments of up to $172.0 million. Further, we are eligible to receive royalty payments on a country-by-country basis on net sales for the later of ten years or the expiration of market or regulatory exclusivity in the jurisdiction, except that payments will be reduced on a country-by-country basis in the event that there is no market exclusivity in the period. Royalty payments may also be reduced if there is generic competitive product in the period.
We have determined that we have one combined performance obligation for the license to develop and commercialize fasedienol in the Territory and related development and regulatory services. In addition, AffaMed has an option that, if exercised by Affamed, could create manufacturing obligations for us during development upon exercise. This option for manufacturing services was evaluated and determined not to include a material right.
Development and commercialization milestones were not considered probable at inception and therefore were excluded from the initial transaction price. The royalties were excluded from the initial transaction price because they relate to a license of intellectual property and are subject to the royalty constraint.
We recognize revenue as the combined performance obligation is satisfied over time using an input method. Judgment is required to determine the level of effort attributable to the performance obligation included in the AffaMed Agreement and the period over which we expect to complete our performance obligation. The performance period or measure of progress was estimated at the inception of the Affamed Agreement and is re-evaluated in subsequent reporting periods. This re-evaluation may shorten or lengthen the period over which we recognize revenue.
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, we had short-term deferred revenue of $1.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and long-term deferred revenue of $0.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively, related to the Affamed Agreement. During the year ended March 31, 2025, we recognized revenue of $0.5 million related to the performance obligation under the AffaMed Agreement, as compared to $0.9 million during the year ended March 31, 2024, all of which was included in the liability balance at the beginning of the period. The remaining deferred revenue under the AffaMed Agreement will be recognized over the expected remaining contractual term.
Contract Acquisition Costs Related to the Affamed Agreement
In 2020, we made cash payments to Pherin aggregating $0.4 million for sublicense fees and consulting services exclusively related to the AffaMed Agreement. Additionally, in 2020 we issued 7,788 unregistered shares of our common stock, valued at $0.1 million, as partial compensation for consulting services exclusively related to the AffaMed Agreement. These sublicense fees and consulting payments and the fair value of the common stock issued, aggregating $0.5 million, were capitalized as other assets in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amortization expense related to the contract acquisition costs was immaterial for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
The AffaMed Agreement will expire on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis upon the latest to occur of expiration of the last valid claim under a licensed patent of fasedienol in such jurisdiction, the expiration of regulatory exclusivity in such jurisdiction or ten years after the first commercial sale of fasedienol in such jurisdiction.
Fuji Pharma Agreement

On September 1, 2023, we entered into an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (the Negotiation Agreement) with Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd. (Fuji Pharma), a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed, Japan-based pharmaceutical company with a significant research, development, and commercial focus on pharmacological therapies for women’s health conditions. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Negotiation Agreement, we agreed, for a limited period of time, to negotiate exclusively with Fuji Pharma for a potential exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialize PH80 in Japan. PH80, our clinical-stage pherine product candidate focused primarily on the treatment of vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) associated with menopause (the Potential Definitive Agreement). The Negotiation Agreement provides for an exclusive negotiation period beginning on the date of formal written notice being received by Fuji Pharma that we have selected a contract development and manufacturing organization to conduct preclinical toxicology studies for PH80 (the Payment Event), and terminating on the later to occur of (i) fourteen (14) months from the date of the Payment Event or (ii) ninety (90) days from the date that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepts our PH80 U.S. Investigational New Drug (IND) application for
clinical development of PH80 in the U.S. for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) due to menopause (the Exclusive Negotiation Period).

As consideration for the Exclusive Negotiation Period, Fuji Pharma agreed to make a payment to us of $1.5 million (Purchase Price), payable upon occurrence of the Payment Event. The Payment Event occurred in October 2023, and we received payment of the Purchase Price in full in November 2023. The Purchase Price is non-refundable, except upon a material breach of the Negotiation Agreement by the Company; however, should the Company and Fuji Pharma enter into the Potential Definitive Agreement, the Purchase Price will be creditable against any upfront fee due in connection with the execution of such Potential Definitive Agreement. Neither the Company nor Fuji Pharma is obligated to enter into the Potential Definitive Agreement, and if the Company and Fuji Pharma have not entered into the Potential Definitive Agreement on or before the end of the Exclusive Negotiation Period, either the Company or Fuji Pharma may terminate any further negotiations.
As of March 31, 2025, the entire amount remaining unrecognized under the Negotiation Agreement of $1.3 million was classified as short term, as a component of deferred revenue, current portion, on the consolidated balance sheets. During the year ended March 31, 2025, we recognized no revenue under the Negotiation Agreement. During the year ended March 31, 2024, we recognized an immaterial amount of revenue under the Negotiation Agreement. The remaining deferred revenue under the Negotiation Agreement will be recognized upon termination of the Exclusive Negotiation Period, or accounted for as a creditable prepayment under ASC 606, should an exclusive license agreement be reached with Fuji Pharma prior to the date of termination.
During the year ended March 31, 2024, we recognized an immaterial amount of revenue, at the inception of the Negotiation Agreement. The remaining deferred revenue under the Negotiation Agreement will be recognized upon termination of the Exclusive Negotiation Period, which is currently expected in January 2026, or accounted for as a creditable prepayment under ASC 606, should an exclusive license agreement be reached with Fuji Pharma prior to the date of termination. Remaining deferred revenue under the Negotiation Agreement of $1.3 million is reflected as deferred revenue current-portion on the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025.