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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is a party to a number of license agreements under which the Company licenses patents, patent applications and other intellectual property from third parties. As such, the Company is obligated to pay licensors for various costs including upfront license fees, annual license fees, certain licensor expense reimbursements, success payments, research funding payments, and milestones triggerable upon certain development, regulatory, and commercial events as well as royalties on future product sales. These contracts are generally cancellable, with notice, at the Company’s option and do not have significant cancellation penalties. The terms and conditions as well as the accounting analysis for the Company’s significant commitments and contingencies are described in Note 8, “Commitments and Contingencies” to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report. There have been no material changes to the terms and conditions, or the accounting conclusions, previously disclosed in the Annual Report. The Company is not currently subject to any material contingencies that require disclosure.
Licensor Expense Reimbursement
The Company is obligated to reimburse The Broad Institute, Inc. (“Broad”) and the President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard”) for expenses incurred by each of them associated with the prosecution and maintenance of the patent rights that the Company licenses from them pursuant to the Amended and Restated Cas9-I License Agreement by and among the Company, Broad, and Harvard (“the Cas9-I License Agreement”), including the interference and opposition proceedings involving patents licensed to the Company under the license agreement, and other license agreements between the Company and Broad. The Company incurred an aggregate of $2.3 million and $1.9 million in expense during the three months ended March 31, 2026, and March 31, 2025, respectively, for such reimbursement.
Lease Termination
In 2023, the Company entered into a license and service agreement pursuant to which it leased manufacturing space for its continued research and development activities. The lease commenced April 1, 2024. In September 2024, the Company entered into a modification of the lease, and as a result of the modification the lease payments decreased and the notification period for the termination of the license and service agreement increased from 12 months’ prior written notice to 18 months’ prior written notice. In January 2025, the Company gave its termination notice on the license and service agreement, which resulted in the end of the term of the agreement being July 2026, and $8.9 million of remaining payments owed. In April 2025, the Company entered into a further modification to the lease providing that the lease would terminate on April 30, 2025 with a final fixed payment of $3.7 million.