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5. Licenses Acquired In accordance with ASC 730-10-25-1, Research and Development, costs incurred in obtaining technology licenses are charged to research and development expense if the technology licensed has not reached technological feasibility and has no alternative future use. The licenses purchased by Avenue, Mustang, Checkpoint, Coronado SO, Helocyte and Escala require substantial completion of research and development, regulatory and marketing approval efforts in order to reach technological feasibility. As such, for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the purchase price of licenses, totaling approximately $83,000 and $7.4 million, respectively, were classified as research and development-licenses acquired in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company’s research and development-licenses acquired are comprised of the following:
Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. License Agreement with Revogenex Ireland Ltd In February 2015, the Company purchased an exclusive license to IV Tramadol for the U.S. market from Revogenex, a privately held company in Dublin, Ireland. Fortress made an upfront payment of $2.0 million to Revogenex upon execution of the exclusive license, which has been included in research and development-licenses acquired on the condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. In addition, on June 17, 2015, the Company paid an additional $1.0 million to Revogenex after receiving all the assets specified in the agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Revogenex is eligible to receive additional milestone payments upon the achievement of certain development milestones, in addition to royalty payments for sales of the product. Tramadol is a centrally acting synthetic opioid analgesic for moderate to moderately severe pain and is available as immediate release or extended-release tablets in the United States. The Company transferred the Revogenex license and all other rights and obligations of Fortress under the License Agreement to Avenue pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement effective as of February 17, 2015. Per the terms of the agreement, Avenue assumed $3.0 million in debt (see Note 8). During the three months ended March 31, 2016, Avenue completed a pharmacokinetics or PK study for IV Tramadol. Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. License Agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute In March 2015, Checkpoint entered into a license agreement with Dana-Farber to develop a portfolio of fully human immuno-oncology targeted antibodies. Under the terms of the agreement, Checkpoint paid Dana-Farber an up-front licensing fee of $1.0 million and, on May 11, 2015, Checkpoint granted Dana-Farber 500,000 shares of its common stock valued at $32,500 or $0.065 per share. In September 2015, Checkpoint, pursuant to the license, granted to Dana-Farber an additional 136,803 shares of Checkpoint common stock valued at $0.6 million or $4.39 per share, all of which has been included in research and development - licenses acquired on the condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Under the terms of the license agreement, Checkpoint also will pay development and sales-based milestone payments and royalties on net sales. The portfolio of antibodies licensed from Dana-Farber includes antibodies targeting PD-L1, GITR and CAIX. Checkpoint plans to develop these novel immuno-oncology and checkpoint inhibitor antibodies on their own and in combination with each other, as data suggests that combinations of these targets can work synergistically together. Checkpoint expects clinical trials to start in 2017. Collaboration Agreements with TG Therapeutics, Inc. In connection with its license agreement with Dana-Farber, Checkpoint entered into a collaboration agreement with TG Therapeutics, Inc. (“TGTX”), a related party, to develop and commercialize the Anti-PD-L1 and Anti-GITR antibody research programs in the field of hematological malignancies. Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, Checkpoint retains the right to develop and commercialize these antibodies in the field of solid tumors. Both programs are currently in pre-clinical development. TGTX paid Checkpoint $0.5 million, representing an up-front licensing fee, and will make additional development and sales-based milestone payments as well as pay a tiered single digit royalty on net sales. During the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company recognized $17,000 and $0.5 million, respectively in revenue from its collaboration agreement with TGTX on the condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. In connection with its license with NeuPharma, Checkpoint entered into an option with TGTX for $25,000, included in revenue in 2015, for a global collaboration in connection with the future development of the certain compounds licensed. The option was extended on January 11, 2016 for an additional 180 days, to July 17, 2016. NeuPharma, Inc. Effective March 17, 2015, the Company assigned all of its rights under its agreement with NeuPharma to develop and commercialize novel irreversible, third generation EGFR inhibitors on a worldwide basis other than certain Asian countries, to Checkpoint in exchange for debt. Under the terms of the agreement, Fortress paid NeuPharma an upfront licensing fee of $1.0 million, which is included in research and development-licenses acquired on the condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Checkpoint will also make development and sales-based milestone payments and will pay a tiered single digit royalty on net sales. On September 15, 2015, Checkpoint entered into a sponsored research agreement with NeuPharma to identify additional inhibitors with differing profiles from the licensed products. Under the terms of the agreement, Checkpoint will pay NeuPharma for specific sponsored research projects. Effective January 11, 2016, TGTX agreed to assume all costs associated with this agreement and reimbursed Checkpoint for all amounts paid previously by Checkpoint and the Company recognized $0.3 million in revenue related to this arrangement during the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (through its subsidiary, Cephalon, Inc.) In December 2015, Checkpoint licensed, for $0.5 million, the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize CK-102 (formerly CEP-9722), a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (“PARP”) inhibitor, from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., through its subsidiary, Cephalon, Inc. CK-102 is an oral, small molecule selective inhibitor of PARP-1 and PARP-2 enzymes in early clinical development for solid tumors. Checkpoint plans to develop CK-102 as both a monotherapy and in combination with other anti-cancer agents, including Checkpoint’s novel immuno-oncology and Checkpoint inhibitor antibodies currently in development Coronado SO Company License Agreement In February 2015, Coronado SO entered into an exclusive license agreement with a third party for a topical product used in the treatment of hand-foot syndrome, a common painful side effect of chemotherapeutics. Coronado SO paid $0.9 million upfront, included in research and development-licenses acquired on the condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and issued a stock grant of 150,000 shares of common stock of Coronado SO. In October 2015, Coronado SO paid an additional $0.5 million, which is included in research and development-licenses acquired on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additional milestone payments are due upon the achievement of certain development milestones and royalties in single digits will become due on sales of the product. The Company valued the stock grant to the third party utilizing a discounted cash flow model to determine the weighted market value of invested capital, discounted by a lack of marketability of 44.8% and a weighted average cost of capital of 30%, and net of debt utilized, resulting in a value of $1.19 per share. Helocyte, Inc. License Agreement with the City of Hope In March 2016, Helocyte entered into amended and restated license agreements for each of its PepVax and Triplex immunotherapies programs with its licensor City of Hope National Medical Center (“COH”). The amended and restated licenses expand the intellectual property and other rights granted to Helocyte by COH in the original license agreement. The financial terms of the original license have not been modified, and if Helocyte successfully develops and commercializes PepVax and Triplex, COH will receive milestones, royalties and other payments. Helocyte entered into the original license agreement with COH on April 2, 2015, to secure: (i) an exclusive worldwide license for two immunotherapies for CMV control in the post-transplant setting (known as Triplex and PepVax); and (ii) an option for an exclusive worldwide license to an immunotherapy for the prevention of congenital CMV (known as Pentamer). In consideration for the license and option, Helocyte made an upfront payment of $150,000. On April 28, 2015, Helocyte exercised the option and secured exclusive worldwide rights to Pentamer from COH for an upfront payment of $50,000. If Helocyte successfully develops and commercializes PepVax, Triplex and Pentamer, COH will receive milestones, royalties and other payments. In 2015, Triplex and PepVax both entered Phase 2 clinical studies. The programs are supported by grants awarded to COH by the National Cancer Institute. As further consideration for the license, in March 2016, Helocyte granted to COH 500,000 shares of Helocyte common stock. The Company valued the stock grant to the COH utilizing a discounted cash flow model to determine the weighted market value of invested capital, discounted by a lack of marketability of 44.5% and a weighted average cost of capital of 30%, net of debt utilized resulting in a value of $0.097 per share or $48,500. University of Texas License Option In February 2016, the Company entered into an option agreement for $35,000 with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, to acquire the exclusive rights to license certain intellectual property and clinical data relating to the use of bone marrow derived mononuclear cells for the treatment of severe Traumatic Brain Injury. The option expires on July 1, 2016. The Company recorded the charge to research and development-licenses acquired for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Escala Therapeutics, Inc. On July 16, 2015, Escala acquired from New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Limited (“NZP”) a license from the National Institute of Health (“NIH”) and cooperative research and development agreements for the development of oral ManNAc, a key compound in the sialic biosynthetic pathway, for the treatment of hyposialylation disorders, including GNE myopathy and various forms of nephropathy. As part of this agreement, Escala provided NZP and NIH an upfront payment of approximately $1.3 million comprised of an upfront milestone payment of $0.7 million to NZP and reimbursement of $0.6 million of development costs for Phase II Myopathy and Phase I Nephropathy Clinical Trial being conducted at the NIH. Additional development and sales-based milestone payments are payable upon achievement. Mustang Bio, Inc. License Agreement with the City of Hope In March 2015, Mustang entered into a license agreement with the COH to acquire CAR-T. Pursuant to the agreement, in April 2015, Mustang paid COH an upfront fee of $2.0 million, which is included in research and development-licenses acquired on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, and granted 1,000,000 shares of Mustang common stock to COH, with additional milestones payments due to COH upon the achievement of certain development goals and royalty payments for sales of the product. The Company valued the stock grant to COH utilizing a discounted cash flow model to determine the weighted market value of invested capital, discounted by a lack of marketability of 44.8%, weighted average cost of capital of 30%, and net of debt utilized, resulting in a value of $0.147 per share or $0.1 million on March 31, 2015. |
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