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Collaboration and License Agreements | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Collaboration and License Agreements | 8. Collaboration and license agreements Eli Lilly and Company In October 2023, the Company entered into a Transfer and Delegation Agreement, or the Lilly Agreement, with Eli Lilly and Company, or Lilly, pursuant to which Lilly acquired certain assets and other rights under the Company’s amended collaboration and license agreement, or the Verve Agreement, with Verve, including the Company’s opt-in rights to co-develop and co-commercialize Verve’s base editing programs for cardiovascular disease (see discussion below related to the Verve Agreement). The Company granted Lilly an exclusive sublicense to the Verve technology originally licensed to the Company under the Verve Agreement. Lilly also acquired the right to receive any future milestone or royalty payments payable by Verve under the Verve Agreement and the rights and obligations to designate representatives and participate on the joint steering committee with Verve. The Company received a $200.0 million nonrefundable upfront payment and is eligible to receive up to $350.0 million in potential future development-stage payments upon the completion of certain clinical, regulatory and alliance events, of which $25.0 million has been received through September 30, 2025. As of September 30, 2025, there was no deferred revenue related to the Lilly Agreement and no milestone revenue was recognized in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025. Orbital In September 2022, the Company entered into a License and Research Collaboration Agreement, or the Orbital Agreement, with Orbital Therapeutics, Inc., or Orbital. Under the terms of the Orbital Agreement, the Company collaborated with Orbital to advance nonviral delivery and ribonucleic acid, or RNA, technology by providing Orbital with certain proprietary materials, a non-exclusive research license to certain RNA technology and nonviral delivery technology controlled by the Company, and by performing research and development support services as outlined in a research plan. The Company also granted Orbital an exploitation license to certain RNA technology and nonviral delivery technology controlled by the Company. The exploitation license was exclusive in the fields of vaccines and certain protein therapeutics during the research term, and after the research term is nonexclusive in all fields other than gene editing and conditioning. The collaboration is managed on an overall basis by a Joint Steering Committee, or JSC, comprised of an equal number of representatives from the Company and Orbital. In exchange for the licenses and services provided by the Company under the Orbital Agreement, the Company received a non-exclusive research license to certain RNA technology and nonviral delivery technology controlled by Orbital, and research and development support services as outlined in a research plan. Orbital also granted the Company an exploitation license to certain RNA technology and nonviral delivery technology controlled by Orbital. The exploitation license was exclusive in the fields of gene editing and conditioning during the research term, and after the research term is nonexclusive in all fields other than vaccines and certain protein therapeutics. The Company also received 75 million shares of Orbital’s common stock at closing. The Company accounts for its investment in Orbital under the equity method of accounting. The research plan had a term of three years and ended in September 2025. Either party may terminate the licenses granted to it under the Orbital Agreement for convenience on a product-by-product basis at any time by providing 90 days’ prior written notice. The Company accounts for the Orbital Agreement under ASC 606, as it includes a customer-vendor relationship as defined under ASC 606 and meets the criteria to be considered a contract. The overall transaction price as of the inception of the contract was determined to be $25.5 million, which represents the fair value of the Company’s equity interest in Orbital’s common stock at inception. There is no variable consideration included in the transaction price at inception. The Company concluded that the research and exploitation licenses are not distinct from the other promises in the Orbital Agreement, and as such the Company has determined that the licenses combined with the research and development services, know-how transfers, committee participation and materials transfer represent a combined performance obligation. The Company recognized revenue associated with the Orbital performance obligation over time as it was satisfied during the term of the Orbital Agreement, which was three years. The Company recognized $2.1 million and $6.4 million of revenue related to the Orbital Agreement during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of September 30, 2025, there was no remaining deferred revenue related to the Orbital Agreement. On October 10, 2025, Bristol Myers Squibb announced that it and Orbital had entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Bristol Myers Squibb will acquire Orbital for $1.5 billion in cash. As of the announcement, Beam held 75 million shares of Orbital common stock, which represented a fully-diluted ownership stake of approximately 17%. The acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions, and the sale price is subject to certain price adjustments and holdbacks. As a result, the Company is unable to predict the timing and final amount of proceeds it may receive from the transaction, if any, with certainty. Pfizer In December 2021, the Company entered into a research collaboration agreement, or the Pfizer Agreement, with Pfizer Inc., or Pfizer, focused on the use of certain of the Company’s base editing technology to develop in vivo therapies for rare genetic diseases of the liver, muscle, and central nervous system. Under the terms of the Pfizer Agreement, the Company will conduct all research activities through development candidate selection for three base editing programs that target specific genes corresponding to specific diseases that are the subject of such programs. Pfizer will have exclusive rights to license each of the three programs at no additional cost, each an Opt-In Right, and will assume responsibility for subsequent development and commercialization. At the end of the Phase 1/2 clinical trials, the Company may elect to enter into a global co-development and co-commercialization agreement with Pfizer with respect to one program licensed under the collaboration for an option exercise fee equal to a percentage of the applicable development costs incurred by Pfizer, or the Participation Election. In the event the Company elects to exercise its Participation Election, upon the payment of its option exercise fee, Pfizer and the Company would share net profits as well as development and commercialization costs in a 65%/35% (Pfizer/Company) split for such program. The research collaboration is managed on an overall basis by a Joint Research Committee, or JRC, formed by an equal number of representatives from the Company and Pfizer. At the inception of the Pfizer Agreement, the Company was entitled to receive a nonrefundable upfront payment of $300.0 million in consideration for the rights granted to Pfizer under the collaboration. Should Pfizer exercise its Opt-In Right for any of the three programs, the Company would be eligible to receive development, regulatory, and commercial milestones of up to $350.0 million per program, for potential total consideration of up to $1.35 billion, plus royalty payments on global net sales for each licensed program, if any. If Pfizer does not exercise its Opt-In Right for a program, the Company’s rights in such program revert to the Company and the Company will be required to pay Pfizer earn-out payments equal to a low single digit percentage of net sales earned on such program for a ten-year period, if any. During the collaboration term, Pfizer has a one-time option to substitute a disease that is the subject of a specific program with one pre-defined substitute disease. The collaboration has an initial term of four years and may be extended for an additional year on a program-by-program basis. Pfizer may terminate the Pfizer Agreement for convenience on any or all of the programs by providing 90 days’ prior written notice. The Company accounts for the Pfizer Agreement under ASC 606, as it includes a customer-vendor relationship as defined under ASC 606 and meets the criteria to be considered a contract. The overall transaction price as of the inception of the contract was determined to be $300.0 million, which is comprised entirely of the nonrefundable upfront payment. There is no variable consideration included in the transaction price at inception as the future milestone payments are fully constrained and the Company is not required to estimate variable consideration for the royalty payments at contract inception. The Company re-evaluates the transaction price in each reporting period. The Company has concluded that the licenses to its base editing technology, including the exclusive development and commercialization rights, are not capable of being distinct from the other performance obligations, and as such the Company has determined that the licenses combined with the other research and development services represent performance obligations and no up-front revenue was recognized for the licenses. The selling price of each performance obligation was determined based on the Company’s estimated standalone selling price, or the ESSP. The Company developed the ESSP for all of the performance obligations included in the Pfizer Agreement by determining the total estimated costs to fulfill each performance obligation identified with the objective of determining the price at which it would sell such an item if it were to be sold regularly on a standalone basis. The Company allocated the stand-alone selling price to the performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling price method. The Company recognizes revenue for each performance obligation as it is satisfied during the term of the agreement using an input method. The Company allocated the transaction price of $300.0 million to each of the three performance obligations, which includes each of the three base editing programs combined with the research and development services, licenses, and exclusive development and commercialization rights. Revenue is recognized using an input method based on the actual costs incurred as a percentage of total estimated costs towards satisfying the performance obligation as this method provides the most faithful depiction of the entity’s performance in transferring control of the goods and services promised to Pfizer and represents the Company’s best estimate of the period of the obligation. The Company did no t recognize any revenue related to the Pfizer Agreement during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and recognized $2.7 million and $8.4 million of revenue related to the Pfizer Agreement during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The initial four year term of the collaboration extends through December 2025 with an option to extend for an additional year. If the agreement is not extended, the remaining deferred revenue will be recognized at that time. As of September 30, 2025, there was $99.0 million and $10.2 million of current and long-term deferred revenue, respectively, related to the Pfizer Agreement. Apellis Pharmaceuticals In June 2021, the Company entered into a research collaboration agreement, or the Apellis Agreement, with Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Apellis, focused on the use of certain of the Company’s base editing technology to discover new treatments for complement system-driven diseases. Under the terms of the Apellis Agreement, the Company will conduct preclinical research on six base editing programs that target specific genes within the complement system in various organs, including the eye, liver, and brain. Apellis has an exclusive option to license any or all of the six programs, or in each case, an Opt-In Right, and collectively, the Opt-In Rights, and will assume responsibility for subsequent development. As of September 30, 2025, Apellis notified the Company of its decision to opt-in to one of the six base editing programs. As a result of Apellis' decision to opt-in to the program, the Company received a cash opt-in fee of $3.8 million which was recognized as revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2025. The Company may elect to enter into a 50-50 U.S. co-development and co-commercialization agreement with Apellis with respect to one program licensed under the collaboration. The collaboration is managed on an overall basis by an alliance steering committee formed by an equal number of representatives from the Company and Apellis. As part of the collaboration, the Company received a total of $75.0 million in upfront and near-term milestones from Apellis, which was c omprised of $50.0 million received upon signing and an additional $25.0 million payment on June 30, 2022, the one-year anniversary of the effective date of the Apellis Agreement, or the First Anniversary Payment. Following any exercise of an Opt-In Right for any of the six programs, the Company will be eligible to receive development, regulatory, and sales milestones from Apellis, as well as royalty payments on sales. The colla boration has an initial term of five years and may be extended up to two years on a per year and program-by-program basis. During the collaboration term, Apellis may, subject to certain limitations, substitute a specific complement gene and/or organ for any of the initial base editing programs. Apellis may terminate the Apellis Agreement for convenience on any or all of the programs by providing prior written notice. The Company accounts for the Apellis Agreement under ASC 606 as it includes a customer-vendor relationship as defined under ASC 606 and meets the criteria to be considered a contract. The overall transaction price as of the inception of the contract was determined to be $75.0 million, which is composed of the upfront payment of $50.0 million and the First Anniversary Payment of $25.0 million. The Company re-evaluates the transaction price in each reporting period. The Company concluded that each of the six base editing programs combined with the research and development service, licenses, substitution rights and governance participation were material promises that were both capable of being distinct and were distinct within the context of the Apellis Agreement and represented separate performance obligations. The Company further concluded that the Opt-In Rights and option to extend the collaboration term did not grant Apellis a material right. The Company determined that the term of the contract is five years, as this is the period during which both parties have enforceable rights. The selling price of each performance obligation was determined based on the Company’s ESSP. The Company developed the ESSP for all of the performance obligations included in the Apellis Agreement by determining the total estimated costs to fulfill each performance obligation identified with the objective of determining the price at which it would sell such an item if it were to be sold regularly on a standalone basis. The Company allocated the stand-alone selling price to the performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling price method. The Company recognizes revenue for each performance obligation as it is satisfied over the five-year term using an input method. The Company allocated the transaction price of $75.0 million to each of the six performance obligations, which includes each of the six base editing programs combined with the research and development service, licenses, substitution rights and governance participation, and is being recognized using an input method based on the actual costs incurred as a percentage of total estimated costs towards satisfying the performance obligation as this method provides the most faithful depiction of the entity’s performance in transferring control of the goods and services promised to Apellis and represents the Company’s best estimate of the period of the obligation. The Company recognized $7.6 million and $19.3 million of revenue related to the Apellis Agreement during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, which includes the $3.8 million of revenue related to Apellis' decision to opt-in to one of the six base editing programs. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized $8.5 million and $16.7 million of revenue related to the Apellis Agreement, respectively. As of September 30, 2025, there was $11.3 million of current deferred revenue related to the Apellis Agreement.

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