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Commitments and contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and contingencies

12. Commitments and contingencies

Legal proceedings

The Company, from time to time, may be party to litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company was not subject to any material legal proceedings for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, and, to the best of its knowledge, no material legal proceedings are currently pending or threatened.

Significant agreements

Hengrui license and collaboration agreement

In May 2024, the Company entered into a license and collaboration agreement (the “Hengrui License Agreement”) with Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (“Hengrui”). Upon execution of the Hengrui License Agreement, the Company paid $100.0 million in cash as a non-refundable upfront payment and incurred a $10.0 million technology transfer fee, which was paid in December 2024. The Company also issued 5,677,603 shares of Series A-2 convertible preferred stock. The fair value of these shares is accounted for as additional consideration for the acquired license.

Under the terms of the Hengrui License Agreement, the Company obtained the exclusive right to develop, manufacture and commercialize specified programs worldwide, excluding China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan (the “Territory”). The Company is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to advance these programs. The Company may not pursue development of any competitive products, as defined in the Hengrui License Agreement, for a period of two years. The Company also has a right of first refusal on certain programs that are under development by Hengrui as well as options to license specified new form products and combination products developed by Hengrui.

Hengrui must provide certain transition and data sharing services and must also manufacture clinical materials on behalf of the Company upon request. The Company is responsible for all costs of developing and commercializing the programs in the Territory.

The Company is obligated to make clinical and regulatory milestone payments of up to an aggregate of $200.0 million. In addition, the Company is obligated to make commercial milestone payments of up to an aggregate of $5.7 billion. The Company is also obligated to make tiered royalty payments ranging from mid-single digit to low-tens based on a percentage of net sales by the Company. If the Company entered into any partnering relationships prior to November 15, 2025, the Company would have been required to pay Hengrui specified percentages of any consideration received based on the timing of when such an agreement was executed. The Company did not enter into any such partnering relationships prior to November 15, 2025.

If the Company elects to receive rights to the specified new form products or combination products, the Company must make option exercise payments of either a mid-seven figure amount or low-eight figure amount, which may be refundable with respect to combination products in certain circumstances.

The Company accounted for the arrangement as an asset acquisition of in-process research and development technology. No expenses were incurred or payments made, under the arrangement, for three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. All other future payments will be recognized upon achievement.