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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

7.

Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases

The Company leases office and research space under operating leases that expire in February 2018. As a result of the Restructuring, we exited certain facilities in South San Francisco. In November 2017, we entered into a new office lease agreement to lease approximately 8,606 rentable square feet of space located in South San Francisco, California. The term of the lease is five years and two months, starting February 16, 2018. We relocated our corporate headquarters into this new space in February 2018.

The Company’s rental expense under its operating leases was $0.8 million and $0.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Future minimum lease payments under all non-cancelable operating leases at December 31, 2017, were as follows (in thousands):

 

2018

 

$

475

 

2019

 

 

489

 

2020

 

 

500

 

2021

 

 

511

 

2022

 

 

523

 

2023

 

 

155

 

Total future minimum lease payments

 

$

2,653

 

 

Manufacturing Agreements

On May 20, 2016, the Company signed a development and manufacturing services agreement with AGC Biologics, Inc. (“AGC”), formerly known as CMC ICOS Biologics, Inc., pursuant to which AGC will conduct manufacturing development and, and together with AGC the Company has successfully manufactured marzeptacog alfa (activated) for the Phase 2 portion of a planned Phase 2/3 clinical trial. The Company has agreed to a total of $3.8 million in payments to AGC pursuant to the initial statement of work under the Agreement, subject to completion of applicable work stages. As of December 31, 2017, the Company’s remaining obligations to AGC were $0.7 million under the agreement. 

On February 21, 2018, the Company and AGC entered into a new statement of work under the development and manufacturing services agreement dated May 20, 2016, between the Company and AGC. Under the new statement of work, the Company has engaged AGC for the process transfer and commercial scale cGMP manufacturing of CB 2679d, Catalyst’s highly potent next-generation coagulation FIX variant being developed for the treatment of severe hemophilia B. The Company has agreed to a total of approximately $5.6 million in payments pursuant to the new statement of work, including the commercial scale manufacturing of CB 2679d, subject to completion of applicable work stages.

License Agreement Obligations

Under its technology license agreements to acquire certain technology rights, the Company has an obligation to pay minimum fees and then royalties based upon a percentage of any net sales of licensed products. License fees payable under the technology license agreements are $0.1 million in 2013 and each year thereafter until royalties commence. The technology license agreements also provide for future payments to be made by the Company upon the achievement of development milestones or cumulative sales milestones. Pursuant to the license and collaboration agreement with ISU Abxis (see Note 12 - Collaborations), the Company may be obligated to pay ISU Abxis up to $2.0 million in potential milestone payments. At December 31, 2017, no such milestones have been achieved. Under its agreement with Pfizer, which terminated as of June 2015, the Company may be obligated to make milestone and royalty payments to Pfizer up to $17.5 million payable upon the achievement of clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones. Following commercialization of any product, Pfizer would also receive a single-digit royalty on net product sales on a country-by-country basis for a predefined royalty term. In February 2018, the Company paid Pfizer a $1 million milestone payment based on the dosing of the first patient in the ongoing Phase 2 study.