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13. Related Party Note Related Party Service Agreement Services Agreement with Opus Point Management Partners, LLC On April 3, 2014, the Company entered into a Shared Services Agreement with OPPM in which the parties agreed to share a rented facility as well as costs for certain services, which they individually require for the operation of their respective entities. The Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Executive Vice Chairman, Strategic Development are both Co-Portfolio Managers and Partners of OPPM. The Company incurred expense of approximately $66,000 and $153,700 under this agreement for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, and approximately $40,000 and $79,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. The agreement can be terminated by either party with thirty days’ notice. Shared Services Agreement with TGTX In September 2014, the Company entered into a desk share agreement with TGTX. The Company’s Executive Vice Chairman, Strategic Development, is Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of TGTX. Under the terms of the Agreement, TGTX will share costs associated with this facility, which is expected to be occupied during the first half of 2016. Additionally, in July 2015, TGTX and the Company entered into an arrangement to share the cost of a research and development full-time employee. The salary and benefit costs associated with this employee are allocated based on hours worked in connection with TGTX projects. The Company received payments of $71,800 for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and no payments were received in 2014 related to these two arrangements. As of September 30, 2015, the Company has a receivable of $69,300 related to these agreements recorded on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Checkpoint Collaboration Agreement with TGTX In connection with the license agreement with Dana-Farber, Checkpoint entered into a collaboration agreement with TGTX to develop and commercialize the Anti-PD-L1 and Anti-GITR antibody research programs in the field of hematological malignancies. In connection with this Agreement, TGTX paid Checkpoint an upfront fee of $0.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 (see Note 1). Further in connection with the NeuPharma license, Checkpoint entered into an option agreement with TGTX for $25,000, included in revenue, for a global collaboration in connection with the future development of the certain compounds licensed. The option expires on December 17, 2015. Founders Agreement and Management Services Agreement with Checkpoint Effective March 17, 2015, the Company entered into a Founders Agreement with Checkpoint pursuant to which the Company assigned to Checkpoint all of its right and interest (i) under the Company’s license agreement for the EGFR inhibitors and (ii) to a license agreement currently under negotiation, as set forth in the Founders Agreement. As consideration for the Founders Agreement, Checkpoint assumed $2.8 million in debt that the Company accumulated under the NSC Note (See Note 8) for expenses and costs of forming Checkpoint and obtaining the Dana-Farber Antibodies and the EGFR inhibitors. As additional consideration for the transfer of rights under the Founders Agreement, Checkpoint will also: (i) issue annually to the Company, on the anniversary date of the Founders Agreement, shares of Checkpoint common stock equal to 2.25% of the fully-diluted outstanding equity of Checkpoint at the time of issuance; (ii) pay an equity fee in shares of Checkpoint common stock, payable within five (5) business days of the closing of any equity or debt financing for Checkpoint or any of its respective subsidiaries that occurs after the effective date of the Founders Agreement and ending on the date when the Company no longer has majority voting control in Checkpoint’s voting equity, equal to 2.25% of the gross amount of any such equity or debt financing; and (iii) pay a cash fee equal to 4.5% of its annual net sales, payable on an annual basis, within 90 days of the end of each calendar year. In the event of a change in control (as defined in the Founders Agreement), the Company will pay a one-time change in control fee equal to five times (5x) the product of (i) monthly net sales for the 12 months immediately preceding the change in control and (ii) 4.5% . CB Pharma Acquisition Corp. The Company has committed to provide working capital of up to $0.5 million to CB Pharma Acquisition Corp. At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company has funded $0.1 million and nil, respectively, of this commitment. |