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In-Licensing and Supply
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Jun. 30, 2025
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In-Licensing and Supply

10. In-Licensing and Supply

License Agreement with Aegis

In June 2018, the Company entered into a License Agreement (the “Aegis Agreement”) with Aegis Therapeutics, LLC (“Aegis”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Neurelis, Inc. Under the Aegis Agreement, the Company licensed the exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing, sublicensable, rights to certain proprietary Aegis technology, patent rights and know-how to develop and commercialize epinephrine products. The Company utilizes this technology in its sole commercial product, neffy. As consideration for the license, the Company paid an upfront license fee of $50,000, which was recorded in research and development expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The Company is required to make aggregate milestone payments of up to $20.0 million upon achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones. Regulatory milestone payments under the Aegis Agreement are recorded upon completion of the required events, as the triggering events are not considered to be probable until they are achieved. Prior to the FDA approval of neffy in August 2024, regulatory milestone payments were recorded as research and development expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The Company made a $0.5 million milestone payment to Aegis upon the achievement of a regulatory milestone during 2019, and a $1.0 million milestone payment to Aegis upon the FDA’s acceptance of the Company’s new drug application submission for neffy, which occurred in the third quarter of 2022. Since the approval of neffy in August 2024, regulatory milestone payments have been capitalized as intangible assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Amortization expense has been recorded to cost of goods sold, in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, on a straight-line basis over the estimated life of the intellectual property of 14.5 years. In August 2024, a $2.5 million milestone was met for achieving FDA approval of neffy. In September 2024, a $5.0 million milestone was met for the first commercial sale of neffy. As a result, the Company capitalized $7.5 million as intangible assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets in the third quarter of 2024. The Company paid the $2.5 million milestone for achieving FDA approval of neffy in September 2024 and paid the $5.0 million milestone for the first commercial sale of neffy in October 2024. The next milestone payment of $2.0 million is due upon the achievement of certain annual net product sales.

The Company also pays royalties based on a mid-single-digit percentage of net product sales on its or its sublicensees’ net sales of the Licensed Products (as defined in the Aegis Agreement) on a product-by-product basis. Royalties are recorded to cost of goods sold in the period the related product revenue is recognized.

In November 2024, OrbiMed Advisors LLC (“OrbiMed”) entered into an agreement with Aegis, to purchase the rights, royalty interests, and related sales milestone payments on net product sales of neffy. The Company will make all future payments under the Aegis Agreement to OrbiMed. As described in Note 14 – Related Party Transactions, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors is a General Partner at OrbiMed.

The Company is responsible for reimbursing Aegis for patent costs incurred in connection with prosecuting and maintaining patent rights that are specific to epinephrine or epinephrine products. No expenses were recognized in connection with legal patent fees for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

The Company may terminate the Aegis Agreement with 30 days written notice or either party may terminate the Aegis Agreement for certain breaches of the Aegis Agreement. Unless terminated earlier by either or both parties, the term of the Aegis Agreement will continue until the final expiration of all royalty obligations under the Aegis Agreement.

In conjunction with the Aegis Agreement, the Company also entered into a supply agreement (the “Aegis Supply Agreement”) with Aegis that allows the Company to purchase materials for preclinical, development and commercial use at predetermined prices. The Company may elect to have Aegis supply minimum quantities but there are no minimum or maximum purchase obligations under the Aegis Supply Agreement unless this election is made. The parties may terminate the Aegis Supply Agreement at any time by mutual agreement. In addition, the parties may terminate the Aegis Supply Agreement in the event of certain breaches of the Aegis Supply Agreement or upon the earlier of the expiration or termination of the Aegis Agreement or June 2028. The Aegis Supply Agreement term may be extended by mutual written agreement. Under the Aegis Supply Agreement, no payments were made to Aegis in each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Manufacturing Agreement with Renaissance

In September 2020, the Company entered into a manufacturing agreement with Renaissance Lakewood, LLC (“Renaissance”), which was subsequently amended in July 2023, September 2024, and July 2025 (the “Renaissance Agreement”). Pursuant to the Renaissance Agreement, Renaissance agreed to manufacture for, and provide to the Company, neffy nasal unit dose sprays (“Renaissance Products”). The Company is obligated to provide Renaissance with certain supplies to manufacture the Renaissance Products and to purchase from Renaissance a mid-double-digit percentage of the Company’s annual aggregate Renaissance Product requirements in the EU, and a high double-digit percentage of the Company’s annual aggregate Renaissance Product requirements in the U.S. The Renaissance Agreement contains conventional commercial pharmaceutical manufacturing provisions including certain minimum purchase amounts to be determined in the future based on forecast needs and minimum batch size projections. The Company may also request Renaissance to perform certain services related to the Renaissance Product, for which the Company will pay reasonable compensation to Renaissance.

Pursuant to the amendment in September 2024, the amended initial term of the Renaissance Agreement commenced on September 17, 2024, and will terminate (a) for Renaissance Product designated for commercial sale in the U.S., on December 31 immediately following the fifth anniversary of the initial U.S. launch date (“U.S. Initial Term”), and (b) for Renaissance Product designated for commercial sale in the EU, on December 31 immediately following the fifth anniversary of the initial EU launch date (“EU Initial Term”), in each case unless earlier terminated by one of the parties. The U.S. Initial Term and EU Initial Term automatically renew for successive two-year terms (“Renewal Term”). Either party may elect not to renew the U.S. Renewal Term and/or the EU Renewal Term by providing the requisite prior notice to the other party, with the initial terms automatically renewing for successive two-year terms, unless either party gives notice pursuant to the Renaissance Agreement. Either party may terminate the Renaissance Agreement (1) for uncured material breach of the other party, (2) upon notice for insolvency-related events of the other party that are not discharged within a defined time period, (3) on a product-by-product basis if the manufacture, distribution or sale would materially contravene any applicable law, (4) by providing the requisite notice if (a) the authorization and approval to distribute or sell Renaissance Product in the U.S. is not granted on or before a specified date, (b) the authorization and approval representing more than a certain number of units of Renaissance Product sold in the U.S. during the last calendar year is withdrawn by the FDA, or (c) the Company decided in its sole discretion to cease commercializing the Renaissance Product in the U.S., (5) in the case of a force majeure event that continues for six months or more, or (6) a violation by the other party of trade control or anti-corruption laws.

Supply Agreement with Ompi

In October 2024, the Company entered into a supply agreement (the “Ompi Supply Agreement”) with Nuova Ompi S.r.l. (“Ompi”), pursuant to which Ompi has agreed to supply glass microvials to support the Company’s manufacture and commercialization of neffy. Under the Ompi Supply Agreement, the Company has committed to purchase, and Ompi has committed to supply, specified annual minimum quantities of glass microvials, which may be increased with prior notice by the Company or through the rolling forecast process, subject to a specified annual cap. Ompi is obligated to establish the relevant manufacturing force, assets and capabilities needed to comply with its supply obligations.

In December 2024, as partial consideration for the supply arrangement, the Company made an upfront payment of €3.0 million (approximately $3.2 million in U.S. dollars) to Ompi. The supply price for the glass microvials is specified in the Ompi Supply Agreement, subject to an annual adjustment that is capped at a specified percentage except in the case of material and extraordinary increase in Ompi’s cost of manufacturing the glass microvials.

The Ompi Supply Agreement will expire on December 31, 2035, and may be terminated (i) upon the parties’ mutual written consent, (ii) by the Company for any reasonable business reasons (in which case the termination will become effective at the end of the following calendar year), or (iii) by the non-breaching party if the other party is in material breach of the Ompi Supply Agreement and fails to cure such breach within 90 days after receipt of notice thereof from the non-breaching party.