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License and Collaboration Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Collaboration Agreements [Abstract]  
License and Collaboration Agreements

7. License and Collaboration Agreements

License Agreement with Shanghai Jemincare Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

In December 2024, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “Jemincare License Agreement”) with Shanghai Jemincare Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China (“Jemincare”), and a subsidiary of Jiangxi Jemincare Group Co., Ltd. Under the Jemincare License Agreement and subject to certain rights, Jemincare granted the Company: (1) the exclusive and sublicensable rights to develop, manufacture, commercialize and otherwise exploit Jemincare’s anti-IgE monoclonal antibody JYB1904/RPT904 (together with certain related molecules, the “Licensed Molecules”) throughout the world, except mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (together, the “Jemincare Territory”) for any and all uses; (2) the non-exclusive and sublicensable rights to develop the Licensed Molecules in the Jemincare Territory solely for the purposes of exploiting the Licensed Molecules outside of the Jemincare Territory; and (3) the non-exclusive and sublicensable rights to manufacture the Licensed Molecules in the Jemincare Territory solely for the purposes of exercising the Company’s rights in the foregoing (1) and (2).

As consideration for the rights granted, the Company paid Jemincare a $35.0 million upfront license fee, and could pay up to an additional $672.5 million in milestone payments, as well as tiered royalty payments (at percentages ranging from high single-digit to low double-digit) on future net sales. Those additional milestone payments include $1.5 million contingent upon the completion of manufacturing technology transfer, up to $226.0 million contingent upon the achievement of specified development and regulatory milestone events, and up to $445.0 million contingent upon the achievement of specified commercial milestone events. As of December 31, 2024, the Company accrued the upfront license fee of $35.0 million as research and development expense. The Company paid the upfront license fee in January 2025.

Under the Jemincare License Agreement, royalty payments will be payable on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis during the period commencing on the first commercial sale and continuing until the later of: (a) the 10-year anniversary of the date of such first commercial sale; (b) the expiration of the relevant patent claims; and (c) the expiration of the relevant regulatory exclusivity (the “Jemincare Royalty Term”). Subject to a certain floor, the Company’s royalty payments will be reduced by specified percentages for patent expiration, biosimilar entry, payments for third party intellectual property, compulsory sublicenses or drug pricing programs.

Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Merck

In November 2018, the Company entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with an affiliate of Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) under which the Company conducted a clinical trial evaluating tivumecirnon in combination with pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in patients with advanced cancers. The Company is the sponsor of the clinical trial, and Merck supplied pembrolizumab for use in the clinical trial. In March 2022 and February 2024, the Company and Merck amended the agreement to provide for additional supply of pembrolizumab.