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| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases
The Company is a party to a single lease with CXI Corp for its office space located in Washington, DC, which was most recently renewed in December 2025 for an additional term that expires on March 31, 2027. As the term of the office lease is 12 months, the lease is not recorded on the balance sheet. The Company recognizes lease expense on this lease as short-term lease costs. Short-term lease costs were in the amount of $5,534 and $4,967 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
Board of Directors
In November and December 2022, the Company signed agreements with four director nominees (Cheryl Xu, Paul Field, Charles Allen, and Stephen Toovey) which came into effect on July 11, 2023, the date the Company’s Registration Statement was declared effective. Each director is entitled to receive cash compensation of $11,250 quarterly. In addition, the two non-audit committee chairs (Toovey, Field) will receive $1,250 per quarter and the audit committee chair (Allen) will receive an additional $2,000 per quarter. In addition, each director is entitled to receive annual equity-based compensation awards, with the amounts and terms to be determined by the Compensation Committee.
Contingencies
The Company’s operations are subject to a variety of local and state regulations. Failure to comply with one or more of those regulations could result in fines, restrictions on its operations, or losses of permits that could result in the Company ceasing operations.
Contingent Compensation
Following the Company’s IPO and the conversion of the outstanding debt pursuant to the Knight Debt Conversion Agreement as discussed in Note 8, the Company is obligated to pay Knight a contingent milestone payment of $10 million if the Company sells Arakoda or if a Change of Control occurs. The Company accounts for the contingent milestone payment as a derivative liability (See Note 8).
On July 15, 2015, the Company entered into the Exclusive License Agreement with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (the “U.S. Army”), which was subsequently amended (the “U.S. Army Agreement”), in which the Company obtained a license to develop and commercialize the licensed technology with respect to all therapeutic applications and uses excluding radical cure of symptomatic vivax malaria. The term of the U.S. Army Agreement will continue until the expiration of the last to expire of the patent application or valid claim of the licensed technology, or 20 years from the start date of the U.S. Army Agreement, unless terminated earlier by the parties. The Company must make a minimum annual royalty payment of 3% of Net Sales (as defined in the U.S. Army Agreement) for Net Sales less than $35 million, and 5% of Net Sales greater than $35 million, with US government sales excluded from the definition of Net Sales. In addition, the Company must pay fees upon the achievement of certain milestones. The Company accrues the minimum annual royalty when the related sales occur. The achievement of the remaining milestones under the U.S. Army Agreement are not considered probable and thus no accruals for the related milestone payments have been made.
On December 20, 2024, the Company entered into a Patent License Agreement with Tufts Medical Center (“Tufts MC”), in which the Company obtained a license to research and commercialize the licensed technology with respect to the use of tafenoquine for treatment and/or prevention of babesiosis (the “Tufts MC Agreement”). The term of the Tufts MC Agreement will continue until the expiration or final abandonment of the last patent application or issued patent for the use of tafenoquine for treatment and/or prevention of babesiosis, unless terminated earlier by the parties. On the earlier of (x) the date of patent issuance or (y) the date of regulatory approval for the use of tafenoquine product in treatment of babesiosis, the Company must make royalty payments equal to 4% of Net Sales (as defined in the Tufts MC Agreement) for tafenoquine sold in a format labeled for use in the treatment of babesiosis or 2% of Net Sales for 60P products that are not sold in a format labeled for use in the treatment of babesiosis. In addition, for all sublicense revenue received by 60P from sales of sublicensed products, the Company must make royalty payments equal to 20% of the revenue received by the Company for sales of tafenoquine sold in a format labeled for use in the treatment of babesiosis or 10% for sales of tafenoquine that are not sold in a format labeled for use in the treatment of babesiosis. As of March 31, 2026, the royalty period has not commenced, thus no accruals have been made.
Litigation, Claims and Assessments
From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of operations in the normal course of business. As of March 31, 2026, there were no pending or threatened lawsuits that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the results of the Company’s operations. |