Related-Party Transactions |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2025 | |
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
Related-Party Transactions | In September 2015, the Company entered into a consulting agreement, superseded in July 2022, for regulatory and development services with Pacific-Link Regulatory Consulting, Inc., an entity owned by the President/Chief Executive Officer/director and his spouse, the Chief Medical Officer of the Company. The Company incurred consulting expenses related to this agreement totaling $0.6 million and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.5 million and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. In September 2018, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Marlinspike Group, LLC (“Marlinspike Group”) to provide management, business consulting services and business development support. The managing member of Marlinspike Group is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company and one of its stockholders. The Company incurred expenses related to this agreement of $0.1 million for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. In April 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement, as amended in April 2022, with a member of the Board of Directors of the Company for general advice and assistance with the development of neffy and any future product candidates. As compensation for the consulting services the Company granted the member of the Board of Directors 590,950 stock options that vest over a four-year period. The Company incurred less than $0.1 million in stock-based compensation expense related to this agreement in each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. As described in Note 10 – In-Licensing and Supply, the Company is required to make milestone payments to Aegis upon achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones, and royalty payments to Aegis based on net product sales of neffy. In November 2024, OrbiMed entered into an agreement with Aegis to purchase the rights, royalty interests, and related sales milestone payments on net product sales of neffy. A member of the Company’s Board of Directors is a General Partner at OrbiMed. The Company incurred $0.9 million and $1.4 million in royalty expense payable to OrbiMed during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. |