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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company’s former Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Gary Patou, is a partner of MPM Asset Management LLC, or MPM, an investor in the Company. The Company incurred no consulting expenses with MPM or Dr. Patou in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and expenses of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. At both December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were no amounts payable to MPM. The Company’s agreement with MPM expired on December 31, 2015, and the Company contracted with Dr. Patou directly for his services for the first six months of 2016.
In December 2012, the Company entered into a worldwide license, development and commercialization agreement with Aratana as discussed in Note 16, Commercial Partners and Other Agreements. MPM and its affiliates are holders of capital stock of Aratana. David Stack, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, was a managing director at MPM from 2005 through March 2017.
In April 2012, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Dr. Gary Pace, a director of the Company. The Company recorded no expense under the consulting agreement in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and expenses of less than $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. In connection with the consulting agreement, Dr. Pace received an option to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.02 per share and an option to purchase 70,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $16.67 per share. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, there was nothing payable to Dr. Pace for consulting services.