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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

9. Related Party Transactions

Ramy Farid, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Schrödinger, Inc. (“Schrödinger”) is a member of the Company’s board of directors. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company had existing collaboration agreements to use the results provided by Schrödinger’s software platform for its research purposes. During the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company paid $0 and less than $0.1 million to Schrödinger, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company paid $0 and $0.2 million to Schrödinger, respectively, and had no payable balance to Schrödinger as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Lhotse Collaboration Agreement with Schrödinger

In In October 2020, Lhotse Bio, Inc., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a Collaboration Agreement (the “Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement”) with Schrödinger to discover and develop novel, orally bioavailable, small molecule inhibitors of LPA1R. Under the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement, Schrödinger is obligated to provide computational modeling and design support, including by using its technology platform to perform virtual screens, and Lhotse is obligated to provide day-to-day chemistry and biology support. Pursuant to the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement, a joint steering committee comprised of representatives from both parties oversees the research performed under the agreement. During the term of the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement and for a specified period thereafter while Lhotse is engaged in active development of any compound having activity against LPA1R that is discovered or developed under the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement, Schrödinger is obligated to work exclusively with Lhotse on the design, research, development and commercialization of compounds that inhibit LPA1R. Lhotse will solely own the research results, work product, inventions and other intellectual property generated under the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement that are directed to LPA1R.

Under the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement, Lhotse is obligated to pay Schrödinger a quarterly active program payment in the low six digits for each successive three-month period during which Schrödinger continues to perform research work as agreed by the parties, and as of June 30, 2023, the Company has paid to Schrödinger an aggregate of $0.8 million. If Lhotse develops and commercializes a product containing a compound (a “Collaboration Compound”), that is discovered or developed under the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement (a “Collaboration Product”), Lhotse is obligated to pay Schrödinger development and regulatory milestone payments of up to an aggregate of $17.0 million, regardless of the number of Collaboration Products that reach such milestones. Lhotse will also be obligated to pay Schrödinger tiered royalties on a Collaboration Product-by-Collaboration Product basis equal to low single digit percentages on aggregate worldwide net sales of Collaboration Products, subject to specified reductions and offsets. Lhotse’s obligation to pay royalties to Schrödinger will expire on a Collaboration Product-by-Collaboration Product and country-by-country basis on the later of (i) the expiration of the last-to-expire Lhotse patent claim covering the composition of matter of the Collaboration Compound contained in such Collaboration Product in such country, (ii) the expiration of regulatory, pediatric, orphan drug, or data exclusivity with respect to such Collaboration Product in such country, and (iii) ten years after the first commercial sale of such Collaboration Product in such country (the “Royalty Term”).

Unless terminated earlier, the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement will continue for three years, subject to extension by mutual written agreement of the parties. Either party may terminate the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement for the other party’s uncured material breach, subject to certain notice and cure periods, or for the other party’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Lhotse’s obligation to make milestone and royalty payments (subject to the Royalty Term) to Schrödinger continues after the expiration or termination of the Lhotse-Schrödinger Agreement. As of June 30, 2023, no milestone or royalty payments have been paid or accrued.