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Commitments, Including Licensing and Other Partner Agreements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Commitments, Including Licensing and Other Partner Agreements Commitments, Including Licensing and Other Partner Agreements
We periodically enter into licensing and other partner agreements with other pharmaceutical companies for the development, manufacture, marketing and/or sale of pharmaceutical products. Our significant licensing and other partner agreements are primarily focused on the development, manufacturing, supply and commercialization of multiple complex products. Under these agreements, we have future potential milestone payments and co-development expenses payable to third parties as part of our licensing, development and co-development programs. Payments under these agreements generally become due and are payable upon the satisfaction or achievement of certain developmental, regulatory or commercial milestones or as development expenses are incurred on defined projects. Milestone payment obligations are uncertain, including the prediction of timing and the occurrence of events triggering a future obligation and are not reflected as liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, except for obligations reflected as acquisition-related contingent consideration, including those related to the Idorsia Transaction. Refer to Note 10 Financial Instruments and Risk Management for further discussion of contingent consideration.
Our potential maximum development milestones not accrued for at June 30, 2026 totaled approximately $408 million. We estimate that the amounts that may be paid through the end of 2026 to be approximately $124 million. These agreements may also include potential sales-based milestones and call for us to pay a percentage of amounts earned from the sale of the product as a royalty or a profit share. The amounts disclosed do not include sales-based milestones or royalty or profit share obligations on future sales of product as the timing and amount of future sales levels and costs to produce products subject to these obligations is not reasonably estimable. These sales-based milestones or royalty or profit share obligations may be significant depending upon the level of commercial sales for each product.
Mapi

In 2018, the Company entered into an exclusive license and commercialization agreement with Mapi for the development and commercialization on a world-wide basis of GA Depot. In 2024, the Company was informed that Mapi received a Complete Response Letter regarding the NDA for GA Depot 40 mg from the FDA.

In December 2023, the Company entered into a letter agreement, as amended, with Mapi for the development and commercialization of certain additional products. The Company made an initial upfront payment of $75.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2023 as part of the letter agreement.

In April 2026, the Company and Mapi agreed to immediately terminate the license and commercialization agreement for GA Depot and the December 2023 letter agreement.
The Company holds an investment in preferred shares of Mapi that are accounted for at cost, less impairment, adjusted for observable price changes, in accordance with ASC 321, Investments – Equity Securities. In 2024, the Company fully impaired its investment in the Mapi preferred shares.

There have been no other significant changes to our licensing and other partner agreements as disclosed in our 2025 Form 10-K.

In the normal course of business, Viatris periodically enters into acquisition, divestiture, collaboration, employment, legal settlement and other agreements which include indemnification provisions. The maximum amount to which Viatris may be exposed under such agreements cannot be reasonably estimated due to the conditional nature of the Company’s obligations and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, we have not paid material amounts under these indemnification provisions. Further, for certain agreements, the Company maintains insurance coverage which management believes will effectively mitigate the Company’s obligations under these indemnification provisions.

In connection with the Combination, the Company has generally assumed liability for, and control of, pending and threatened legal matters relating to the Upjohn Business and has agreed to indemnify Pfizer for liabilities arising out of such assumed legal matters. Pfizer, however, has agreed to retain various matters—including certain specified competition law matters—to the extent they arise from conduct during the pre-Distribution period and has agreed to indemnify the Company for liabilities arising out of such matters. If Pfizer were to successfully dispute its retention of these matters, or if there is an adverse outcome in the matters that Pfizer has agreed to retain, this could have an adverse impact on Viatris. In addition, Viatris agreed to pay Pfizer an amount equal to 57% of any losses actually incurred or suffered by Viatris, its predecessors or subsidiaries, since July 29, 2019, arising out of third-party actions relating to the manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion or sale of opioids by or on behalf of Viatris, its predecessors or subsidiaries. In June 2026, the Company received a letter from Pfizer inquiring about the Company’s plan for payment to Pfizer under the foregoing agreement. The Company disagrees that the payment Pfizer requests is owed. Any loss to the Company as a result of the foregoing disagreement could have an adverse impact on Viatris.