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Government Programs | 12 Months Ended
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Government Programs | Note 8. Government Programs Research and Development Tax Incentive During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2018, the Company recognized AUD 1.4 million ($1.0 million) and AUD 2.1 million ($1.6 million), respectively, as a reduction of research and development expenses in connection with the research and development cash tax incentive from the ATO. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recognized AUD 1.9 million ($1.3 million) of research and development expenses in connection with the research and development tax incentive from the ATO because the Company determined that it had exceeded the annual turnover limit to claim such amounts following the receipt of certain payments under the Janssen License and Collaboration Agreement. As of December 31, 2020, the research and development tax incentive receivable was AUD 1.4 million ($1.1 million). There was no research and development tax incentive receivable as of December 31, 2019. Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) Grants In May 2017, the Company was awarded a Phase 2 SBIR grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the NIH in support of research aimed at developing biomarkers that define IL-23R target engagement by orally delivered peptide antagonists and the effects of that engagement of downstream signaling. The total grant award was $1.3 million and was originally for the period from May 2017 to April 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company requested and received an extension of this grant through April 2020. In September 2018, the Company was awarded a Phase 2 SBIR Grant from the National Heart, Lungs and blood Institute of the NIH in support of research aimed at developing the Company’s novel hepcidin mimetic rusfertide for the potential treatment of chronic anemia and iron overload in rare blood disorders, including beta-thalassemia. The total grant award was $1.5 million and was originally for the period from September 2018 to August 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company requested an extension of this grant through July 2021, which was received in February 2021. The Company recognizes a reduction to research and development expenses when expenses related to the grants have been incurred and the grant funds become contractually due from NIH. The Company recorded $0.5 million, $1.4 million and $0.7 million, as a reduction of research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company recorded a receivable for $0.3 million as of December 31, 2019 to reflect the eligible costs incurred under the grants that were contractually due to the Company. This receivable is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. There was no such receivable as of December 31, 2020.

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