Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

(12)	Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation, Claims and Assessments

medac Matter

In April 2021, the Company issued an invoice for €1 million (which currently converts to approximately $1.0 million) to medac GmbH, a privately held, multi-national pharmaceutical company based in Germany (“medac”), the Company’s EU product distribution partner, for a milestone payment due under the License, Supply and Marketing Agreement (the “License Agreement”) dated December 10, 2018, between the Company and medac. Pursuant to the License Agreement, a milestone is due upon achieving positive efficacy in the FOCUS Trial as defined by the FOCUS Trial protocol. Per the trial protocol and associated Statistical Analysis Plan, positive efficacy is based on whether the Objective Response Rate (ORR) exceeds a

pre-specified

threshold. A preliminary analysis of the FOCUS Trial data based on 87% of enrolled patients was released on March 31, 2021, and subsequently presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting held virtually from the 4th through the 8th of June 2021. Per that analysis, the ORR exceeded the

pre-specified

threshold. While the final ORR is not yet known, given the magnitude by which the ORR exceeded the

pre-specified

endpoint and the small number of patients yet to be assessed, the final ORR will be greater than the

pre-specified

endpoint regardless of the responder status of the remaining patients. medac disagrees that the milestone is due and claims that a full clinical study report is required in addition to the existing ORR analysis. medac has not disputed the accuracy of the ORR analysis or underlying data, but simply asserts that a full clinical study report is required prior to payment. While the Company disagrees with this interpretation, since medac has stated it does not intend to pay the invoice at this time, under revenue recognition criteria set out in ASC 606, the Company cannot recognize the revenue.

On October 12, 2021, the Company notified medac in writing that it was terminating the License Agreement due to medac’s nonpayment of the milestone payment due under the License Agreement, with the effective date of termination of the License Agreement being April 12, 2022. medac disputed having an obligation to make a milestone payment under the Agreement and demanded withdrawal of the termination notice. The Company declined to withdraw the termination notice and, on December 16, 2021, the Company initiated an arbitration proceeding pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions of the License Agreement.

On December 30, 2021, the Company received a letter from medac stating that, due to its failure to withdraw the termination notice, medac was terminating the License Agreement with immediate effect. In the letter, medac reserved its rights in full, including a purported claim for damages for wrongful termination. In a separate letter, medac agreed to an orderly transition through February 28, 2022 in order to minimize the impact of any termination on patients and physicians. The Company agreed to purchase inventory held at medac in March 2022 for approximately $0.2 million. The arbitration proceeding is moving forward with the parties agreeing to stay the arbitration for a finite period to pursue settlement discussions.