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| Acquisitions of IPR&D | Note 10. Acquisitions of IPR&D Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement and SW License and Development Agreement On March 29, 2023, the Company entered into an Exclusive Collaboration Agreement (the “Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement”), with Seven and Eight Biotherapeutics Corp. and related entities (collectively “Seven and Eight”), and an Exclusive License and Development Agreement (the “SW License Agreement”) with Seven and Eight and Superb Wisdom Limited (“SW”). Under each agreement, Seven and Eight and SW granted the Company a worldwide, exclusive license under certain of their patents, know-how, and other intellectual property rights to develop and commercialize certain toll-like receptor 7 and 8 agonist product candidates, including the Company’s product candidate, EIK1001. The license from SW is exclusive in the field of oncology, and the license from Seven and Eight is exclusive in all fields. The Company has the sole right and responsibility to conduct clinical development, perform regulatory activities and commercialize the compounds and products licensed under the agreements, and must use commercially reasonable efforts with respect to its development activities. Under the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement, following a transition period during which Seven and Eight transferred certain contracts, regulatory documentation, biological materials, research tools, rights and other information related to the product candidates to the Company, Seven and Eight agreed to wind down its research efforts with respect to toll-like receptor activity, including its development of the compounds licensed under the agreement. The Company paid Seven and Eight and SW aggregate upfront payments of $11.0 million in cash ($10.5 million to Seven and Eight and $0.5 million to SW), and issued two Simple Agreements for Future Equity (“SAFEs”), equal to $35.0 million ($31.5 million to Seven and Eight and $3.5 million to SW) upon entering into the applicable agreement. The SAFEs automatically converted into Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock upon the initial closing of the Series C financing round in May 2023, which then converted into common stock upon the closing of the IPO. The Company has also agreed to pay Seven and Eight additional milestone payments in the amount of up to approximately $369.6 million, of which $219.6 million are payable for a compound that is not a conjugate and $150.0 million for a compound that is a conjugate, in each case upon the achievement of certain development and regulatory milestones. EIK1001 is a compound that is not a conjugate. The Company has also agreed to pay SW additional milestone payments in the amount of up to $29.4 million and up to $350.0 million upon the achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones, respectively. Under the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement, the Company owns and retains all rights in intellectual property and other information discovered, developed, or otherwise made in connection with the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement, whether made by the Company or Seven and Eight, either solely or jointly. Under the SW License Agreement, the Company owns any improvements, enhancements, updates, or equivalents of the intellectual property developed, created, or otherwise made in relation to the compounds and products licensed under both agreements. The Company also has the right to prepare, file, prosecute, enforce, and maintain patents related to the compounds and products licensed under each agreement. Unless earlier terminated, the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement expires upon the latest of (i) the expiration, invalidation, or abandonment of the last patent licensed thereunder, (ii) the expiration of any data or market exclusivity program related to the product candidates, and (iii) ten years after the first commercial sale of a product candidate. If the Company notifies Seven and Eight that it is permanently discontinuing its efforts to develop and commercialize the licensed products under the agreement and does not intend to pay Seven and Eight any milestone payments contemplated thereunder, Seven and Eight may terminate the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement. Either party may terminate the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement if there has been a material breach of contract, but such termination can only be invoked if the breach cannot be reasonably remedied by the payment of money damages. The Company may also terminate the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement upon prior written notice for any reason. Unless earlier terminated, the SW License Agreement expires upon the earliest of (i) the expiration, invalidation, or abandonment of the last patent licensed thereunder in the applicable country (and if no patent application was filed or no patent was issued in such country, ten years from the first commercial sale of the first product licensed thereunder in such country), or (ii) payment of the last commercial milestone payment. The SW License Agreement automatically terminates upon any termination of the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement. The SW License Agreement may also be terminated, without terminating the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement, by either party if there has been a material breach (including if the Company fails to make any milestone payment due thereunder). The Company may also terminate the SW License Agreement, without terminating the Seven and Eight Collaboration Agreement, upon prior written notice for any reason. The Company recognized the upfront payments of $46.0 million as in-process research and development expenses within the statement of operations and comprehensive loss in the year ended December 31, 2023 as the transaction was accounted for as an in-process research and development asset acquisition and the acquired technology did not have an alternative use. No future milestones were accrued on the Company’s condensed balance sheets at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 as such milestones were not achieved or probable of being achieved at each date. Impact Collaboration Agreement On May 10, 2023, the Company entered into a Collaboration Agreement, which was amended and restated on November 22, 2023, and further amended on December 12, 2024 (collectively, the “Impact Agreement”) with Impact Therapeutics (Shanghai) Inc. (“Impact”). Pursuant to the Impact Agreement, the Company received an exclusive license under certain of Impact’s patents, know-how, and regulatory information to develop and commercialize any selective PARP1 inhibitors owned or controlled by Impact or its affiliates, including the Company’s product candidates EIK1003 and EIK1004, and any pharmaceutical products comprised of or containing such inhibitors, on a worldwide basis excluding China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, such excluded territories collectively known as the Impact territory. The Company also received a co-exclusive, royalty-free license under certain of Impact’s patents and know-how to develop and manufacture such product candidates within the Impact territory solely for the purposes of supporting the development or commercialization thereof outside of the Impact territory. Additionally, the Company granted to Impact a co-exclusive, royalty-free license under certain of its patents, know-how, and regulatory information for the sole purposes of Impact fulfilling its obligations related to the Impact Agreement and to develop, manufacture and make regulatory filings related to the product candidates. In addition, the Company granted an exclusive, royalty-free license under certain of its patents and know-how to Impact solely for purposes of commercialization of the product candidates in the Impact territory. The Impact Agreement further prohibits either party or their sublicensees or affiliates, as applicable, from developing, manufacturing, or commercializing any selective PARP1 inhibitors during the term of the Impact Agreement except as provided under the foregoing licenses. The Impact Agreement established a joint steering committee (“JSC”) to manage the collaboration. Under the Impact Agreement, Impact retains responsibility for all preclinical development activities for the product candidates. Impact is responsible for clinical development, including preparing and maintaining regulatory approvals, and commercialization of the product candidates, in the Impact territory, and the Company is responsible for these activities in all other jurisdictions worldwide. The Company also has the right to propose global clinical studies and global development plans that include clinical sites in the Impact territory for the JSC’s approval. The Company would be responsible for the conduct of any global clinical study in all territories except the Impact territory, in which Impact would be responsible for such conduct. Under a global development plan, the Company and Impact could each also propose the development of a combination product in their respective territories. Further, under the Impact Agreement, the Company must use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve regulatory approval of a product candidate for one indication in the United States, subject to Impact’s performance of its preclinical development activities. The JSC consists of three Eikon representatives and three Impact representatives; the chair of the JSC is an Eikon representative. In the event that the JSC cannot reach unanimous agreement on any issue, then the Company’s Chief Medical Officer must discuss the issue with Impact’s Chief Executive Officer. If they are unable to reach agreement, then the Company has final decision-making authority over any matter related to the development and commercialization of the product candidates, including Impact’s preclinical development plan, and any Impact, global, or combination development plan. Impact has final decision-making authority over the day-to-day implementation of any development plan, manufacturing, and commercialization of the product candidates in the Impact territory. The Company paid an upfront fee of $31.5 million in cash to Impact. The Company is also required to make payments to Impact of up to $181.0 million and up to $775.0 million upon the achievement of certain development and regulatory milestones and commercial milestones, respectively. In addition, tiered royalties of high single-digit to low-teen percentages of net sales per calendar year, subject to certain reductions, are also payable by the Company to Impact post-commercialization. The Company and Impact each own and retain all interests in any information or invention individually developed under the Impact Agreement, and they each own an equal and undivided interest in any jointly developed intellectual property. Subject to the licenses granted under the Impact Agreement and the respective exclusivity obligations therein, the Company and Impact each have the right to exploit such joint intellectual property rights and grant licenses to affiliates or other persons under such joint intellectual property rights. Impact has the right to prosecute and maintain its own and joint patents in the Impact Territory; the Company has the right to prosecute and maintain its own patents worldwide, and to prosecute and maintain Impact’s and any joint patents in any jurisdictions except for the Impact Territory. The Company and Impact each have the sole right to enforce patents in their own respective territories and have agreed to cooperate fully where the enforcing party requires documentation or other assistance from the other party. The Impact Agreement expires upon the expiration of the last royalty term for the last product candidate for which the Company is actively pursuing research, development and commercialization. The royalty term for a product candidate in a country expires upon the latest to occur of: (i) the expiration of the last-to-expire patent held by Impact or joint patent in such country that contains a valid claim that covers such product candidate or corresponding licensed compound, (ii) the tenth anniversary of the first commercial sale of such product candidate in such country, and (iii) the expiration of regulatory exclusivity for such product candidate in such country. Upon such expiration of the royalty term for a product candidate in a country, the exclusive licenses the Company received under the Impact Agreement will become non-exclusive, perpetual, fully-paid, royalty-free, irrevocable licenses for such product candidate in such country. Either party may terminate the Impact Agreement if there has been material breach, but such termination can only be invoked if the breach cannot be reasonably remedied by the payment of money damages. In addition, either party may terminate the agreement if the other party becomes insolvent. The Company has the sole right to terminate the Impact Agreement immediately upon written notice to Impact if the Company receives a clinical hold or a withdrawal notice from a regulatory authority regarding safety concerns related to the development or commercialization of a product candidate, in each case that has no reasonable likelihood of resolution. The Company also has the sole right to terminate for any or no reason upon prior written notice to Impact. The Company recognized the upfront payment of $31.5 million as in-process research and development expenses within the statement of operations and comprehensive loss in the year ended December 31, 2023 as the transaction was accounted for as an in-process research and development asset acquisition and the acquired technology did not have an alternative use. The Company paid $5.0 million in development and regulatory milestones, which were recorded as research and development expenses in the condensed statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2026. No milestone payments were made in the three months ended March 31, 2025. No future milestones were accrued on the Company’s condensed balance sheets at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 as such milestones were not achieved or probable of being achieved at each date. |