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Collaboration Agreements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Collaboration Agreements [Abstract]  
Collaboration Agreements
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Collaboration Agreements

In October 2018, the Company entered into the 2018 Gilead Agreement with Gilead. Pursuant to the terms of the 2018 Gilead Agreement, the Company received an initial upfront payment of $50.0 million. Gilead had the option to obtain exclusive, worldwide licenses to develop and commercialize up to five validated programs.

In August 2020, the Company and Gilead entered into the Gilead Agreement, which superseded and replaced the 2018 Gilead Agreement. The Gilead Agreement represents a continuation of the initial target discovery and validation research and development efforts begun under the 2018 Gilead Agreement. Under the Gilead Agreement:

The Company received upfront, non-refundable consideration of $125.0 million from Gilead upon execution of the Gilead Agreement in 2020;
The term of the 2018 Gilead Agreement ended on the date the Gilead Agreement was executed. The Gilead Agreement has a research term of seven years;
Gilead expanded its option to license up to 15 programs for which Gilead may obtain exclusive, worldwide licenses to develop and commercialize therapies, subject to applicable license fees;
Prior to exercising its option to license a program, Gilead may “extend” such program, in which case Gilead will pay research option-extension fees and the Company will continue to collaborate with Gilead to discover and develop programs, potentially through early clinical development;
Gilead has the option to “reserve” a target during which Gilead may: (i) license the target, (ii) “extend” the target, or (iii) decline the target, during the designated reserve target period. If, during the reserve target period Tango elects to work on the reserved target, Tango will retain full rights to the target program and Gilead receives a right of first negotiation in connection with any future partnering or licensing of such target by Tango, if any; and
For up to five programs licensed by Gilead, the Company has the option to co-develop and co-promote the lead product in the United States, subject to certain exceptions, and is eligible to receive tiered royalties in the first decile on ex-U.S. sales.

In August 2025, the Company and Gilead mutually agreed to truncate the research term of the Gilead Agreement from seven to five years, concluding the research portion of the collaboration. There was no financial penalty to the Company as a result, no licensed programs were returned to the Company, all ongoing work at Gilead on licensed programs will continue and agreements for all future milestones and royalties remain in effect. The Company has no future research obligations and the remaining unrecognized deferred revenue balance at the time of truncating the collaboration agreement of $53.8 million was recognized as revenue in the third quarter of 2025.

The Company remains eligible to receive up to $300.0 million per program in clinical, regulatory, and commercial milestones and royalties on future sales of commercialized products, if any.

Accounting for the Gilead Collaboration

The Gilead Agreement was accounted for under ASC 606. The Company identified a single combined performance obligation under the Gilead Agreement consisting of the research services and continued participation on the joint steering committee during the research term. For research option-extension fees, the Company determined that the additional goods and services relating to the continued research services were not distinct from the early-stage research services already promised to Gilead under the on-going research plan. Consideration pertaining to each of the research option-extensions was paid to the Company in equal quarterly installment payments over an agreed upon payment schedule. The research option-extension consideration were added to the transaction price under the Gilead Agreement. License fees were recognized as revenue immediately as the Company had no continued involvement in the advancement of the program, Gilead benefited from the license on its own, and the license was separately identifiable from the research services.

Gilead Revenue Recognized

The total transaction price allocated to the combined performance obligation under the Gilead Agreement was $199.0 million. The total transaction price was comprised of the $50.0 million upfront payment pursuant to the 2018 Gilead Agreement, the $125.0 million upfront payment pursuant to the Gilead Agreement, and $24.0 million payment pursuant to the research option-extension fee in December 2020 and in September 2021. During the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized $0 and $3.2 million, respectively, and during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized $0 and $8.6 million, respectively, of collaboration revenue associated with the Gilead Agreement and the 2018 Gilead Agreement based on performance completed during each period.

Costs incurred pursuant to the Gilead Agreement and the 2018 Gilead Agreement are recorded as research and development expense.