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In-Licensing and Supply
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
In-LicensingAndSupply [Abstract]  
In-Licensing and Supply

8. In-Licensing and Supply

License Agreement with Aegis

In June 2018, the Company entered into a License Agreement (the “Aegis Agreement”) with Aegis Therapeutics, LLC (“Aegis”). Under the Aegis Agreement, the Company licensed the exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing, sublicensable, rights to certain proprietary Aegis technology, patent rights and know-how to develop and commercialize epinephrine products. The Company utilizes this technology for the development of its lead product candidate, neffy. As consideration for the license, the Company paid an upfront license fee of $50,000, which was recorded in research and development expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The Company is required to make aggregate milestone payments of up to $20.0 million upon achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones. The regulatory milestone payments under the Aegis Agreement will be recognized as research and development expense upon completion of the required events, as the triggering events are not considered to be probable until they are achieved. The Company made a $0.5 million milestone payment to Aegis upon the achievement of a regulatory milestone during 2019, and a $1.0 million payment to Aegis upon the FDA’s acceptance of the Company’s NDA submission for neffy, which occurred in the third quarter of 2022. The Company may be required to pay royalties based on annual net product sales in the low to mid-single digits on its or its sublicensees’ net sales of the Licensed Products (as defined in the Aegis Agreement) on a country-by-country and product-by-product basis.

The Company is responsible for reimbursing Aegis for patent costs incurred in connection with prosecuting and maintaining patent rights that are specific to epinephrine or epinephrine products. There were no expenses recognized in connection with legal patent fees for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

The Company may terminate the Aegis Agreement with 30 days written notice or either party may terminate the Aegis Agreement for certain breaches of the Aegis Agreement. Unless terminated earlier by either or both parties, the term of the Aegis Agreement will continue until the final expiration of all royalty obligations under the Aegis Agreement.

In conjunction with the Aegis Agreement, the Company also entered into a Supply Agreement (the “Supply Agreement”) with Aegis that allows the Company to purchase materials for preclinical, development and commercial use at predetermined prices. The Company may elect to have Aegis supply minimum quantities but there are no minimum or maximum purchase obligations under the Supply Agreement unless this election is made. The parties may terminate the Supply Agreement at any time by mutual agreement. In addition, the parties may terminate the Supply Agreement in the event of certain breaches of the Supply Agreement or upon the earlier of the expiration or termination of the Aegis Agreement or June 2028. The Supply Agreement term may be extended by mutual written agreement. Expense recognized under the Supply Agreement was $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and no expense was recognized in each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

Manufacturing Agreement with Renaissance

In September 2020, the Company entered into a manufacturing agreement (the “Renaissance Agreement”) with Renaissance Lakewood, LLC (“Renaissance”). Pursuant to the Renaissance Agreement, Renaissance agreed to manufacture for, and provide to the Company, neffy nasal unit dose sprays (“Renaissance Products”). The Company is obligated to provide Renaissance with certain supplies to manufacture the Renaissance Products and to purchase from Renaissance a mid double-digit percentage of the Company’s annual aggregate Renaissance Product requirements in the E.U., and a high double-digit percentage of the Company’s annual aggregate Renaissance Product requirements in the U.S. The Renaissance Agreement contains conventional commercial pharmaceutical manufacturing provisions including certain minimum purchase amounts to be determined in the future based on forecast needs and minimum batch size projections. The Company may also request Renaissance to perform certain services related to the Renaissance Product, for which the Company will pay reasonable compensation to Renaissance.

The initial term of the Renaissance Agreement commenced on September 9, 2020 and continues (a) for Renaissance Product designated for commercial sale in the U.S. until the earlier of the fifth anniversary of the (i) target U.S. launch date and (ii) the initial U.S. launch date (“U.S. Initial Term”), and (b) for Renaissance Product designated for commercial sale in the E.U. and other countries, the earlier of the fifth anniversary of (i) the target E.U. launch date and (ii) the initial E.U. launch date (“E.U. Initial Term”), in each case unless earlier terminated by one of the parties. The U.S. Initial Term and E.U. Initial Term automatically renew for successive two-year terms (“Renewal Term”). Either party may elect not to renew the U.S. Renewal Term and/or the E.U. Renewal Term by providing the requisite prior notice to the other party. Either party may terminate the Renaissance Agreement (1) for uncured material breach of the other party, (2) upon notice for insolvency-related events of the other party that are not discharged within a defined time period, (3) on a product-by-product basis if the manufacture, distribution or sale would materially contravene any applicable law, (4) by providing the requisite notice if (a) the Company has not submitted a regulatory filing for any Renaissance Product in the U.S. on or before June 30, 2022, (b) the authorization and approval to distribute or sell Renaissance Product in the U.S. is not granted on or before the target U.S. launch date, (c) the authorization and approval representing more than a targeted number of units of Renaissance Product sold in the U.S. during the last calendar year is withdrawn by the FDA, or (d) the Company decided in its sole discretion to cease commercializing the Renaissance Product in the U.S., (5) in the case of a force majeure event that continues for six months or more, or (6) a violation by the other party of trade control or anti-corruption laws.