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Licenses Acquired

Note 8 – Licenses Acquired

 

Research and License Agreement with HADASIT and BIRAD

 

On December 8, 2022, Nexcella entered into a Research and License agreement with HADASIT and BIRAD (collectively, the “Licensors”) to acquire intellectual property rights pertaining to CAR-T (the “H&B License”). Pursuant to the H&B License, Nexcella paid the Licensors an upfront license fee of $1.5 million in December 2022 (included in research and development expenses on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss). Additional quarterly payments totaling approximately $13.0 million are due through September 2026 along with an annual license fee of $50,000. Future royalty payments of 5% are due on net sales of licensed products, combined with sales milestone payments in the aggregate amount of up to $20 million when annual net sales reach certain thresholds for each licensed product. The royalties for each licensed product on a country-to-country basis are to be paid through the latter of (a) the expiration of the last-to-expire valid claim under a licensed patent (if any) in such country; (b) the date of expiration of any other Exclusivity Right (as defined in the H&B License) or data protection period granted by a regulatory or other governmental authority with respect to a licensed product that provides exclusivity in the relevant country; or (c) the end of a period of 15 years from the date of the First Commercial Sale (as defined in the H&B License) of the applicable Licensed Product (as defined in the H&B License) in such country.

 

On December 16, 2024, Nexcella entered into the First Amendment to the Research and License Agreement (the “First Amendment”) with the Licensors. The First Amendment includes terms specific to new licensed products and requires an additional upfront license fee of $1,500,000, which has been paid in full as of December 31, 2025, as well as development milestone payments of up to $4.5 million upon the Company’s achievement of certain milestones.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded research and development expenses of $5,098,585 and $4,639,363, respectively, related to the license agreement and first amendment.

 

 

Patent License Agreement with U.S. Medical Research Foundation

 

In August 2024, the Company entered into a Patent License Agreement (“License Agreement”) with a U.S. medical research foundation pursuant to which the Company was granted certain exclusive and nonexclusive licenses and sublicenses to intellectual and tangible property for the development and commercialization of cell therapy products (“Licensed Products”). Pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement, the Company shall pay an up-front payment in three installments of $500,000, with the first installment due concurrent with the signing of the agreement and the second and third installments due in January and July 2025, respectively. Under the license agreement, the Company must also pay a mid-single-digit net licensed product sales royalty, and milestone payments corresponding with the initiation and completion of Phase II studies in the amounts of $1.5 million and $2 million, respectively, as well as a $10 million milestone payment at the initiation of Phase III studies and a $13.5 million dollar milestone payment in the event of first commercial sale of a licensed product. To date, no amounts have been paid under this license agreement.